| Deposit ID | 10045470 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233217 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wallstreet and Turk Mines |
| Alternate or previous names | American Copper Co. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.079, 38.51409 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 7 MI. E. OF LUNING |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sunrise Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Walker Lake(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 008N | 035E | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Granitic Rocks | ||||||||
| Rock description | Granitic Rocks | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Luning |
| Rock description | Luning |
| (1) | -118.079, 38.51409 |
|---|
| Width | 9.14M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Santa Fe District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Wallstreet Copper Co. |
| First year | 1922 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 3218.6M |
| Overall depth | 130.45M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233217 |
ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941
HILL, 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA; USGS BULL 594
CLARK, 1922, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SANTA FE DISTRICT, NEVADA; CALIF. UNIV. DEPT. GEOL. SCI. BULL. V. 14, NO. 1
ROSS, D. C., 1961, TABLE 6.6
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COPPER CARBONATE ORE OCCUR IN EASTWARD STRIKING BRECCIATED ZONE, 30 FEET WIDE, IN WESTWARD DIPPING LIMESTONES. MALACHITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, AZURITE, AND CUPRITE OCCUR IN THIN FILMS AND IRREGULAR MASSES IN REDDISH JASPEROIDAL LIMESTONE. VEINS ARE 1 TO 5 FT. WIDE |
| Deposit | ABOUT 1929 THE WALLSTREET AND TURK MINES AND OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE LOCALITY WERE INCORPORATED AS THE AMERICAN COPPER CO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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