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Nevada Central Mine

Occurrence in Washoe 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10043872
MRDS ID M231164
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Central Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.91434, 39.56045 (WGS84)
Elevation 1705

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Verdi(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 018E 36 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.91434, 39.56045
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 804.65M
    Width 457.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation In Gd. Porphry Intrusion

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Peavine District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ALTERED ZONE CRUDELY CIRCULAR, APPROX 1 MILE IN DIA, CENTERED OVER A GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY OF TERTIARY AGE. THE GD PORPHYRY INTRUDES MESOZOIC GRANODIORITE, MESOZOIC METAVOLCANIC ROCKS, AND ANDESITE OF THE TERTIARY ALTA FORMATION. ALL OF THESE ROCKS HAVE BEEN HYDROTDERMALLY ALTERED, (PYRITIZED) BLEACHED. THE ALTERED ROCK FROM BENEATH THE ZONE OF WEATHERING CONSISTS ESSENTIALLY OF PYRITE, QUARTZ, SERICITE. PYRITE OCCURS IN VEINLETS AND DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE ROCK. (BONHAM, P 78) NOTE: ALL OF THE PUBLISHED DESCRIPTIONS OF THE NEVADA CENTRAL MINE PLACE IT AT THIS LOCATION (SEC 36, T20N, R18E). HOWEVER, LAND RECORDS SHOW THAT THE NEVADA CENTRAL GOLD MINING COMPANY PATENTED CLAIMS ARE IN SECTION 31, T20N, R19E. MINERAL SURVEY 3624 SHOWS THE BELLMONT, BELLMONT 1, BELLMONT FRACTION, STANDARD, STANDARD 1, GOLD BLOSSOM, GOLD BLOSSOM FRACTION, LUCKY BOY, AND GOLD BAR PATENTED CLAIMS TO COVER MOST OF THE SE 1/4, S 1/2 NE 1/4, E 1/2 SW 1/4 OF SECTION 31. THE GEOLOGIC SETTING IN SEC
  • 36 MATCHES DESCRIPTIONS BY BOTH HILL (1915, P 193,) AND BONHAM (1969, P 78)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, HF, GEOL & MIN DEP WASHOE & STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969

  • Deposit

    OVERTON, TD, MIN RES DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WASHOE COS', NEV, NBMG BULL 46, 1947

  • Deposit

    HILL, JM, USGS BULL 594, 1915

Reporter information

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

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