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Carbonate Group

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037254
MRDS ID M031215
Record type Site
Current site name Carbonate Group
Related records 10296332

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.54867, 39.92548 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Bald Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Smoky-Newark Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
24N 57E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.54867, 39.92548
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Zone Of Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • COPPER CARBONATES FORM 8 TO 12 INCHES ON EITHER SIDE OF VERTICAL FISSURE. DUMP MATERIAL IS MIXTURE OF LIMONITE & CU CARBONATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bald Mtn (Joy Or Ruby Mtn)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Munter, August And Mayer, Jacob

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT IS CAVED AT THE MOUTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, JAMES M 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICT IN EASTERN NEVADA, U.S. GEO BULL 648

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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