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Silver Slipper

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045659
MRDS ID M233447
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Slipper

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.4667, 40.31464 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dolly Varden Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Currie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe 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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 067E 13 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.4667, 40.31464
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N10 Deg E-N10 Deg W Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • A BRECCIA ZONE WAS SEEN ALONG THE RIDGE ALSO A VUGGY SILICEOUS GOSSAN. JASPEROIDOCCURS IN LIMESTONE. GREY CALCITE LENSE OBSERVED ALONG SHEAR ZONE. STRIKING N10E-N10W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dolly Varden

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FIELD EXAMINATION BY J.V. TINGLEY, NBMG, 8/20/80

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIATED SHEAR ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Beintz, J.L. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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