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Surefire

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  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 10043827
MRDS ID M231110
Record type Site
Current site name Surefire

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.61268, 39.84878 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moses Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 021E 21 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Adv Argillic, Sericitic, Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.61268, 39.84878
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Walker Lane Structure
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mullen Pass Ne-Trending Structure

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw-Trending Fault Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pyramid District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE INTERMEDIATE MINERAL ZONE OF WALKER, AND THE ORE MINERALOGY MAY THEREFORE BE SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE NEVADA DOMINION, BLUEBIRD, OWL, ETC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALKER, A B GEOL & MIN DEP, PYRAMID DIST, S WASHOE CO, NEV UNPUB PHD DISSERT, MSM, UNR 1975

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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