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Anaconda Prospect

Occurrence 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045057
MRDS ID M232715
Record type Site
Current site name Anaconda Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.59683, 41.10544 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 25 MILES BY ROAD NW OF JUNGO, NEV.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 037N 030E 01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ONANACONDA RIDGE, 1 MI. SW OF OLD RED BUTTE CAMP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper 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 > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.59683, 41.10544
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Seams & Joints & Disseminated In Aplite Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • "NATIVE COPPER OCCURS ALONG NARROW SEAMS AND JOINTS IN THE DIKE ROCK AND TO SOME EXTENT, DISSEMINATED"

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908

Mining district

District name Red Butte District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner The Harris Family
    First year 1984

Comments on development

  • THE HARRIS FAMILY CONTROLS 219 CLAIMS IN THE AREA OF RED BUTTE MINE-INACTIVE IN 1984, BUT WATCHMAN ON PROPERTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F. L., 1909, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT CO. NV.; U.S.G.S. FULL 414.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1958, CRET. AND TERT. OROGENY IN JACKSON MTNS., HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; A.A.P.G. BULL. VOL. 42, NO. 10.

  • Deposit

    JONES, R. B., 17 AUG 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXACT LOCATION IS UNCLEAR FROM DESCRIPTION IN RANSOME'S TEXT; "THE ANACONDA PROSPECT, SITUATED ON THE RIDGE OF THE SAME NAME ABOUT A MILE SOUTHWEST OF THE CAMP AND 400 TO 500 FEET HIGHER." THE CAMP AT THAT TIME CONSISTED OF ABOUT 30 TENTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 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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