| Deposit ID | 10045968 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233869 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Nevada Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Sue Group, Ivy Wilson Group. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.83367, 41.73408 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Elko(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Henry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Jackpot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Salmon Falls(hydrologic unit)
Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper 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 | 044N | 063E | 03 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Nontronite | Gangue |
| Model code | 59 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18b |
| Deposit model name | Skarn Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 8 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -114.83367, 41.73408 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures |
| General form | TABULAR, POCKETS |
|---|---|
| Dip | STEEPLY W |
| Width | 3.66M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Contact (48) |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233869 |
SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A.
HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779.
SCHRADER, F.C., (1912)
SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) (1912)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | IN 1929 AND 1930, 500 TONS OF ORE WAS SHIPPED. THE LODE IS 5-12 FEET WIDE AND DIPS STEEPLY WEST. FOOTWALL ROCK IS MOSTLY GRANODIORITE, AND HANGING WALL ROCK IS LIMESTONE. LODE MATERIAL IS LIMESTONE EXTENSIVELY SILICIFIED AND REPLACED. SOME OF THE ORE IS IN POCKETS ALONG CROSS FRACTURES IN THE WALLROCK (SCHRADER, 1935, P 36) ORE FROM THIS MINE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CONTACT SMELTER (ABOUT 1895) (SCHRADER 1912 P 130) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | LODE-SILICIFIED AND REPLACED LIMESTONE. SOME ORE IS IN POCKETS ALONG CROSS-FRACTURES IN THE WALLROCK. LODE DIPS STEEPLY WEST |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1979 | Weimer, Becky S. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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