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Emma - Dandy Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037600
MRDS ID M035610
Record type Site
Current site name Emma - Dandy Claims
Alternate or previous names Copper Queen Claim Group, Peterson

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.10539, 38.57548 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position APPROX. 7 MI. NE OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunrise Flat(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 08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EMMA-DANDY AND ST. PATRICK(M035614) ARE PARTS OF THE COPPER QUEEN GROUP DESCRIBED BY CLARK(1922). TWO SITES WITHIN THE COPPER QUEEN GROUP ARE DESCRIBED IN MRDS BECAUSE THEIR GEOLOGY IS SIMILAR BUT THEIR LOCATIONS AND REFERENCES ARE DIFFERENT. COPPER QUEEN IS NOT DESCRIBED SEPARATELY IN MRDS. LOCATION CONFIRMED BY J. TINGLEY AND J. QUADE 5 DEC/89.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Luning
    Rock description Luning
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.10539, 38.57548
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TACTITE, KIDNEY SHAPED PODS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs Along Igneous Contact Within Highly Silceous, Garnetized Lmst.

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

  • UNSPECIFIED PRODUCTION FIGURES

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE BODY EXPLOITED BY THREE ADITS AT INTERVALS OF 50 FT. SEVERAL CROSSCUTS AND RAISES HAVE BEEN MADE FROM THE TUNNELS. SMALL OPEN CUTS AND SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, C.W., 1922 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV. UNIV. OF CALIF. PUB., VOL. 14 , NO. 1, 60-61, PL. 1

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 58, TABLE 6.6

  • Deposit

    NBMG, UNPUBL. MINING DISTRICT FILES, SANTA FE DISTRICT, TINGLEY SITE REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF EMMA IS THE DANDY CLAIM WHERE CU CARBONATE AND OXIDE AND A FEW SPECKS OF NATIVE OCCUR IN SMALL FRACTURES IN PURE WHITE LIMESTONE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONTACT SILICATES. COPPER QUEEN GROUP EXTENDED FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND FT ALONG A TACTITE ZONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit ORE GRADE OF 2% CU REPORTED ON EMMA. 0.3% WO3 OVER 150 FT. ALSO REPORTED ON EMMA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1990 Marcus, Susan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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