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Morrison Claims

Occurrence in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodity Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044733
MRDS ID M232309
Record type Site
Current site name Morrison Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.15424, 39.78686 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Simpson Park Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 052E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 1000M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Garden Valley Formation
    Rock description Garden Valley Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.15424, 39.78686
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Hope District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS ADJOIN THE MT. HOPE MINE ON THE WEST AND SOUTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV, NVE BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (MILLETT) MILS NO. 132, REFERENCE NO. 3201100007

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE CLAIMS ADJOIN THE MOUNT HOPE MINE ON THE WEST AND SOUTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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