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Dunlap Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045346
MRDS ID M233053
Record type Site
Current site name Dunlap Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.96788, 38.34743 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 1/2 MILE NE OF PILOT PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eddyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 036E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Leaching

Analytical data

Result SOME SAMPLES YIELD: 2.51% CU, 2.50% CU, 2.02% CU, 0.85% CU, 1.37% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Dunlap Formation
    Rock description Dunlap Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.96788, 38.34743
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Width 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Bedding Planes

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS SEDIMENTARY-PROBABLY A SANDY SHALE-THAT IS SILICIFIED AND IRON-STAINED, AND A PORPHYRITIC DIKE ROCK, PROBABLY ANDESITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pilot Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL TUNNELS AND WINZES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS TOPOGRAPHIC MAP, EDDYVILLE, NEVADA, 1980, 1:24000

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1915, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON SAMPLING AT DUNLAP MINE: NBMG FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS PARALLEL TO THE STEEPLY-DIPPING E-W HEDDING AND ALONG N-S FRACTURES. LEACHING HAS TAKEN PLACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.) 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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