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Coppereid

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Tin, Silver, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043759
MRDS ID M231038
Record type Site
Current site name Coppereid

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.19264, 39.84684 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fondaway Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 034E 19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Primary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

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) -118.19264, 39.84684
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N90E
    Dip 50N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Limestone & Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name White Cloud

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • THE ORE DEPOSITS ARE FOUND IN THERMALLY METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE AND CONSISTED OF BODIES OF SECONDARY COPPER MINERALS. THE MINERALIZED ZONE STRIKES EASTERLY AND DIPS 50 DEG N. THE DEPOSITS ARE SPORATIC. THE WORKINGS CONTAIN SPECULARITE, IN PLACES WITH PYRITE AND GARNET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947: NBMG FILES

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, F.C., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 83

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-1990 Skurski, M. (Marcus, Sue) 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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