| Deposit ID | 10045310 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233011 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dispozitch Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Disposish |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.19816, 38.26576 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1646 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Camp Douglas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 005N | 034E | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Linarite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Wad | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Excelsion |
| Rock description | Excelsion |
| (1) | -118.19816, 38.26576 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Striking Faults |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Strong Folding With Local Overturning, Shear Zone |
| General form | LINEAR, DISSEMINATED |
|---|---|
| Dip | 30 N |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Silver Star District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233011 |
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58
ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.7
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | A 4-FT-THICK SHEAR ZONE BETWEEN GRANITEIC ROCKS AND QUARTZITE(?). ORE MINERALS OCCUR IN QUARTZ STRINGERS IN THE SHEAR ZONE AND DISSEMINATED IN THE SERISITIZED WALL ROCK. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1981 | Tingley, J.V. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1990 | Skurski, M. (Marcus, Sue) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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