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Idaho Group

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045476
MRDS ID M233225
Record type Site
Current site name Idaho Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.10901, 38.58409 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 5 MI. NO OF LUNING

Site location context

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)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 035N Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Granitic Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.10901, 38.58409
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granite-Dike Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE COUNTRY ROCK IS GRANITE WITH INTRUSIVE DIKES. COPPER ORE APPEARS IN AND NEAR THE CONTACT OF TWO OF THESE DIKES AND FOR OVER A HUNDRED FEET FROM THE CONTACT. THE SILICIOUS AND BASIC INTRUSIVE ROCKS ARE COVERED IN PLACES BY LIMESTONE WHICH WAS PROBABLY THE INTRUDED ROCK AND ONLY LIES ON AND NEAR THE SURFACE. THE DIKES STRIKE A LITTLE NORTH OF WEST AND DIP SOUTH 60 DEGREES. COPPER OF VARIOUS VALUES IS FOUND ALONG THE CONTACT FOR OVER TWELVE HUNDRED FEET. THE IDAHO EXTENSION SHAFT HIT ORE ABOUT 8 FT. WIDE WITH CU-SULFIDES AND-OXIDES RUNNING 10% CU. THE ROSS SHAFT IS LOCATED ON OUTCROP OF AZURITE WHICH DIPPED OUT OF SHAFT 15 FEET, THIS ORE GAVE BETTER THAN 18% CU. ON ABE LINCOLN EXTENSION CLAIM HEMATITE AND LIMONITE CARRIES GOLD VALUES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santa Fe District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Luning-Idaho Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • ON IDAHO EXTENSION CLAIM A 17 FT. SHAFT AND 30 FT. SHAFT (CALLED ROSS SHAFT) INCLINED 80 DEGREES. 50 FT. SHAFT ON ABE LINCOLN EXTENSION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARRISH, S. F., UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Deposit

    JACOBS, M. H., 1913, UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Deposit

    WETZEL, THOMAS A., 1910, UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Deposit

    TODD, ROBT. B., UNPUBLISHED REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN MATTER IS WELL-DEFINED WITH A HANGING WALL OF GRANITE AND FOOTWAY OF QUARTZITE OR PORPHYRY.
Deposit CONSISTS OF NINE CLAIMS THE CONNECTOR EXTENSION, CEVITA EXTENSION, IDAHO, IDAHO EXTENSION, NOGALES EXTENSION, TODD EXTENSION, ABE LINCOLN EXTENSION, ROBT. JR AND OREGON ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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