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Morris-Brooks Shaft

Past Producer 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037319
MRDS ID M031296
Record type Site
Current site name Morris-Brooks Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.02059, 39.25994 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES W OF ELY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Riepetown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
16N 62E 08 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 58
USGS model code 18a
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu, skarn-related
Mark3 model number 9

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.02059, 39.25994
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT OCCURS IN AN EAST-TRENDING ZONE 6 MILES LONG AND UP TO 3000 FT. WIDE. NO CU FOUND IN FRESH PORPHYRY. CU CONTENT RANGES FROM .4-2%

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Robinson

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, BLAKE, AND SMITH 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITNE CO, NEV. NEV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEO. BULL 85

  • Deposit

    NBMG, 1994, MI-1993

  • Production

    NBMG MI-1993

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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