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Blanchard Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045986
MRDS ID M233890
Record type Site
Current site name Blanchard Mine
Alternate or previous names Zetta ? Blanchard. Zetta Standard

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.65172, 41.68435 (WGS84)
Elevation 2182
Relative position ON EAST SLOPE OF BLANCHARD MT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blanchard Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044N 065E 19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.65172, 41.68435
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Granodiorite Stock & Assoc. Faults & Fractures

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fractures, Granodiorite Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Contact (48)

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF MOLYBDENUM PRESENT. TOTAL PRODUCTION ($5000 WORTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1936) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL: 847-A.

  • Deposit

    HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779.

  • Production

    SMITH, R.M. (1976)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY IN BETTA BLANCHARD GROUP. ALSO MAY BE ZETTA (STANDARD ? ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Weimer, Becky S. 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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