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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045665
MRDS ID M233454
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.46365, 40.31659 (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 Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.46365, 40.31659
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • INCLINE IN BRECCIATED LIMESTONE, BRECCIA FRAGMENTS CEMENTED BY CALCITE + OXIDES,N10E, 40 NW FAULT ZONE. GREEN PORPHYRY ON DUMP. OLD SHAFTS SUNK ON N70W, 80 ZONE SEEMED SHEAR CONE N30E, 65 NW.

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

  • OLD SHAFTS & CUTS, INCLINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FIELD EXAMINATION BY J. V. TINGLEY, N.E. 14G, 8/20/80

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE/REPLACEMENT; BRECCIATED ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Beintz, J.L. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1981 Unknown 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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