| Deposit ID | 10045556 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233323 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Resurrection |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.96621, 41.84323 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | A FEW RODS NORTH OF MOUNTAIN CITY (EMMONS P. 83) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Elko(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mountain City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Owyhee(hydrologic unit)
Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Elko |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 046N | 053E | 32 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Mountain City Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Mountain City Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| Rock unit name | Mountain City Quartz Monzonite |
| Rock description | Mountain City Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -115.96621, 41.84323 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Year of first production | 1875 |
| District name | Mountain City |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233323 |
EMMONS. W. H., 1910, A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELKO, LANDER, AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEVADA, U.S.G.S. BULL. 408
GRANGER, A. E., ETAL, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA NBMG BULL. 54.
ROBERTS, R. T., RADTKE, A. S., AND COATS R.R., 1976, GOLD BEARING DEPOSITS IN NORTH-CENTRAL NEVADA AND SOUTHWESTERN IDAHO; ECON. GEOL. U.66, NO 1 P. 14-33.
1) SMITH, R. M., 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS. OPEN FILE REPT. 1976-56
2) NOLAN T. B.,1932B. THE MOUNTAIN CITY DISTRICT. NBMG OPEN FILE REPT.
EMMONS, W. M., (1910), P 82-83
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1870'S |
| Deposit | NEAR-SURFACE POCKETS IN SHEARZONE-VEINS IN SHEETED QUARTZ MONZONITE. |
| Deposit | IN THE 1870'S RICH AG CHLORIDE ORE WAS TAKEN FROM THE MINE(EMMONS P. 83). THIS ORE WAS IN NEAR SURFACE POCKETS. TUNNELS, PIT, AND SHALLOW INCLINES, INACCESSIBLE IN 1908 ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1979 | Taylor, J. K. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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