| Deposit ID | 10045471 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233218 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Champion-Anderson Group |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.10234, 38.51214 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ABOUT 4 1/2 MI. DUE 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 > Granite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Luning |
| Rock description | Luning |
| (1) | -118.10234, 38.51214 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Length | 121.92M |
| Width | 9.14M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1915 |
| District name | Santa Fe District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Year | 1916 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1915-1916 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE UC | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^5% Cu | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 121.92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233218 |
ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
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; UNIV. CALIF. BULL. DEPT. GEOL. SCI., V. 14, NO. 1
ROSS, D. C., 1961, TALBE 6.6
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COPPER CARBONATE MINERALS IN SILICATE ZONE IN LIMESTONE NEAR GRANITIC ROCKS. ORE IN IRREGULAR CHIMNEYS AND MASSES OF GARNETIZED ROCK OCCURRING ALONG GRANITE CONTACT AND FAULTS. ORE IS OXIDIZED TO AT LEAST THE 200-FOOT LEVEL. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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