| Deposit ID | 10045609 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233385 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Belle Isle |
| Alternate or previous names | Commando |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.23149, 41.31768 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Elko(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)
Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Elko |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 040N | 051E | 34 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Enargite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Proustite | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Stephanite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 150 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25c |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal vein, Comstock |
| Mark3 model number | 16 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -116.23149, 41.31768 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nw-Striking Faults Conjugate To A Set Of E-Striking Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NW |
| Dip | 65 SW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1890 |
| Year of first production | 1890 |
| District name | Guscarora District |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 137.16M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233385 |
SMITH, R.M., (1976) USGS OFR 1976-56
NOLAN, T.B., (1936), NBMG BULL. 25.
NOLAN, T.B., (1936), SMITH, R.M., (1976) P. 162
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TYPICAL BONANZA-TYPE EPITHERMAL VEIN DEPOSIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-79 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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