| Deposit ID | 10044059 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231380 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Renton Copper Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Trenton Canyon Copper Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.18984, 40.63268 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2286 |
| Relative position | 13 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
North Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Dixie Valley(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 032N | 042E | 24 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Model code | 80 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 21b |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Mo, low-F |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels |
| Rock unit name | Battle Formation |
| Rock description | Battle Formation |
| (1) | -117.18984, 40.63268 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Thrust Faults |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Nw-Trending Faults |
| General form | LENSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | N |
| Dip | W |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Battle Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231380 |
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COPPER OXIDE AND CARBONATE MINERALS PRESENT NEAR IGNEOUS CONTACT |
| Deposit | WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES IN HORNFELS AND CONGLOMERATE OF THE BATTLE FORMATION IN THE CONTACT AUREOLE OF GRANODIORITE IN TRENTON CANYON. SIZE & GRADE OF ORE BODIES UNDETERMINED AS OF 1950'S ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1980 | La Pointe, D. D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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