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Ideal Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Uranium
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037585
MRDS ID M035567
Record type Site
Current site name Ideal Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.13012, 38.50825 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position APPROX. 3 MI. EAST OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Luning(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 035E 31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCATIONS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COPPER CARBONATES AND SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.13012, 38.50825
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Fault Cuts Main Shaft At 100 Ft. Level

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED/IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicate Zones Along Limestone - Igneous Contacts

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE ASSOC. WITH LIME SILICATES, GARNET AND EPIDOTE, - GOSSAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Santa Fe

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL CARS OF HAND SORTED ORE WAS SHIPPED. APPROX. 2 TO 4 PERCENT COPPER

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 102.11M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT, AT LEAST TWO LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, CLIFTON, W; 1922 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL CO. NEV., UNIV. OF CAL. PRESS, VOL. 14 , NO. 1

  • Deposit

    US ATOMIC ENERGY COMM., PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE REPORT, N - SL - 115 .

  • Production

    F ( 1 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RADIOACTIVITY ASSOC. WITH MINERALIZED VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) 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 Nevada resources

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