| Deposit ID | 10045227 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232917 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Morris and Caple Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Morris and Cable Tunnel |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.05065, 39.54353 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lander(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Yankee Blade(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Reese(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 019N | 044E | 05 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Polybasite | Ore |
| Proustite | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Stephanite | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Result | ASSAYS GENERALLY RANGE FROM 1 TO 30 OUNCES SILVER TO THE TON, WITH A NEGLIGIBLE AMOUNT OF GOLD. |
|---|
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -117.05065, 39.54353 |
|---|
| Strike | N60W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 30NE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Reese River District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 304.8M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232917 |
STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDERS COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.
ROSS, C.P., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | A RATHER POORLY DEFINED CRUSH ZONE IN QUARTZITE WITH IRREGULAR QUARZT VEINLETS. |
| Deposit | IN 1937 ONLY ABOUT 550 FT OF WORKINGS WERE ACCESSIBLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1981 | Flynn, Patricia Dodd | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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