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Curtz Mine

Past Producer in Alpine county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034933
MRDS ID M022021
Record type Site
Current site name Curtz Mine
Alternate or previous names Ardis
Related records 10187464

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.70016, 38.68269 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 1/2 MI NW OF HEENAN LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alpine(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heenan Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Alpine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 021E 29 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AU, AG & CU BEARING ROCK CONTAINS DISSEMINATED OR MASSIVE PYRITE & VARYING AMOUNTS OF CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, ENARGITE, SPHALERITE & ARSENOPYRITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.70016, 38.68269
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SW CONTINUATION OF MORNING STAR ORE ZONE OF MINERALIZATION SILICIFIED MATERIAL RANGES FROM SOFT BLEACHED KAOLINITE-RICH ROCK TO A HARD GRAYISH SILICIFIED BRECCIA, SOME W ANDESITIC MATRIX. 1863 DISCOVERY OF IRON-STAINED JASPER, LED TO DISCOVERY OF MASSIVE ENARGITE NEARBY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Monitor - Mogul

Comments on the production information

  • IN PAST, SOMETIMES CONSIDERED PART OF MORNING STAR MINE. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 100 FT LONG, 20 FT DEEP, 15 FT WIDE. CAVED 300 FT SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., 1977 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALPINE COUNTY, CALIF.: CDMG COUNTY REPT. NO. 8 , P. 19 , 45 , MAP

  • Production

    CLARK, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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