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Unnamed Copper Prospect #4

Past Producer in Humboldt 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044065
MRDS ID M231387
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper Prospect #4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.08734, 40.6924 (WGS84)
Elevation 1606
Relative position 8 MILES NW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 043E 36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 OF SW 1/4 OF NW 1/4 OF SEC. 36

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.08734, 40.6924
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NNE
    Dip 60W

Comments on the geologic information

  • MALACHITE IN VEIN THAT CUTS ARGILLITE AND QUARTZITE ADJACENT TO INTRUSIVE GRANODIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • VERY SMALL AMOUNT

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND 2 PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT AND TWO PITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 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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