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Sam. Loc. 718

Occurrence in White Pine 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045860
MRDS ID M233703
Record type Site
Current site name Sam. Loc. 718

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.01837, 39.30938 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Riepetown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 062E 29 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.01837, 39.30938
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • N15E? SHEAR ZONE IN DK GREY, CALCITE VEINED XTALLINE LST RED-BROWN SILTY SS. WITH MN DENDRITS EXPOSED IN SHAFT. SHAFT WALLS ARE BRXIATED WITH CALCITE AND FE GOUGE SURROUNDING LG "FLOATING" BOULDERS OF DARK GREY LS. SEVERAL OXIDIZED ZONES ARE EXPOSED IN SHAFT, A FEW ARE CHARACTERIZED BY ABUNDENT CUT FE OXS. SOME GOSSAN FOUND ON DUMP ASSOCIATED WITH COARSE CALCITE, VEIN. CALCITE VEINS ALSO CUT THE DK GREY LS. THESE VEINS ARE 1/4 TO 1/2 IN WIDE & ARE OFTEN CROSS-CUT BY THINNER CALCITE VEINLETS. CU OXS. OCCUR IN CRINOID BEARING SLIGHTLY SILIC LS (JOANNA? FM) SM AMOUNT PURPLE SS BRX WITH JUG FILLINGS OF ZEOLITES (?) SAMPLE 718: SEVERAL RK TYPES 1.) LIMONITE STAINED SILIC BROWN GOSSAN 2.) SILIC GREENISH LS WITH OXID PYRITE (?) 3.) MAROON SHALEY BRECCIA 4.) COARSE CALCITE VEIN WITH GOSSAN & FE OXS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Robinson

Comments on development

  • 1 SLIGHTLY INCLINED 10-12 FT DEEP SHAFT, 1 SMALL PROSPECT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 Martin, Paul (Tingley, Joe V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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