| Deposit ID | 10044005 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231319 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Glance Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.034, 40.63879 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1600 |
| Relative position | 5 MILES WEST OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lander(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Snow Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 032N | 044E | 21,20 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Harmony Formation |
| Rock description | Harmony Formation |
| (1) | -117.034, 40.63879 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Thrust Faults |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | N-Trending And Nw- Trending Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | N50-60NW |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| District name | Battle Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | C. A. Joseph, W. G. Lee, L. Hand, And A. Layton |
| First year | 1952 |
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 0M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231319 |
HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINI DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW. NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL 594
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY
ROBERTS, R.J., AND D.C.ARNOLD, 1965
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S |
| Deposit | VRECCIATED FRACTURE ZONE, NEAR SURFACE |
| Deposit | A GROUP OF 22 CLAIMS, DEVELOPED BY A 150-FT VERTICAL SHAFT AND DRIFT. SOME OF THE ORIGINAL CLAIMS DATING BACK TO AT LEAST THE EARLY 1900'S, WERE RELOCATED IN 1952 BY C.A. JOSEPH, W.G. LEE, L. HAND AND A. LAYTON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1980 | La Pointe, D.D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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