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Humboldt

Occurrence in Eureka 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044742
MRDS ID M232320
Record type Site
Current site name Humboldt

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.23036, 40.58213 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF PALISADE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palisade(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 051E 09 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Frenchy Creek Volcanics
    Rock description Frenchy Creek Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.23036, 40.58213
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone Inandesite Served As Ore Fluid Passage

Comments on the geologic information

  • COPPER BEARING SULFIDES WERE DEPOSITED IN A ZONE OF BRECCIATION IN THE ANDESITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Safford District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J. ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., N.B.M. BULL. 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 173, REFERENCE NO. 3201100197

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA, LANDER & ELKO COS., USGS BULL 408

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER SULFIDES DEPOSITED IN A BRECCIATED SHEAR ZONE IN ANDESITE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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