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Unnamed Copper Occurrence #5

Occurrence in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044656
MRDS ID M232206
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper Occurrence #5

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.18401, 40.58046 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 14 MILES WSW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antler 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 043E 07 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 MI. BELOW HEAD OF ROCKY CANYON: NW 1/4 OF NW 1/4 OF SEC. 7

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Havallah Formation
    Rock description Havallah Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.18401, 40.58046
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Golconda Thrust Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nne-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR,-VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE MINERALS OCCUR IN GOSSAN IN CHERT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE MINERALS IN GOSSAN IN CHERT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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