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Camp Bird Prospect

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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046027
MRDS ID M233934
Record type Site
Current site name Camp Bird Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.73061, 41.71741 (WGS84)
Elevation 2097
Relative position 1 MI. N. OF HIGH ORE MINE, 5 MI. SE OF CONTACT

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 064E 09 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1 1/2 MI. NE OF CHINA MT., HEAD OF ELEVATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Rutile Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Sericitization Of Dike Feldspar

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

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 Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.73061, 41.71741
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Vein + Dikes, Faults, Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE OCCURS TO SOME EXTENT SPORADICALLY IN THE DIKE ROCK ITSELF, BUT MORE GENERALLY IN AND ASSOCIATED WITH PARALLEL BANDS AND LENSES OF QUARTZ TRAVERSING THE DIKE, SOME OF WHICH ARE 3-4 INCHES WIDE AND ALTERNATE WITH BANDS OF DIKE ROCK. THE DIKE CONSISTS OF 40% ORTHOCLASE, 40% PLAGIOCLASE, 20% QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907

Mining district

District name Contact (48)

Comments on the workings information

  • 40-FT SHAFT ON CLAIM #2

Comments on development

  • 6 OR MORE CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY COMPRISES A GROUP OF SIX OR MORE CLAIMS. IT WAS LOCATED ABOUT 1907. THE PRINCIPAL OPENING IS A 40-FOOT SHAFT ON CLAIM NO. 2 IN A QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY DIKE WHICH IS OVER 200 FT. IN MAXIMUM WIDTH AND IS SAID TO EXTEND SW TO CHINA MT. AND THE CONTACT. IT SEEMS TO FILL A COMPOUND FISSURE OR SORT OF SHEAR ZONE, AND LOCALLY CONTAINS LENSES, VERTICAL SHEETS OR BANDS OF THE GRANODIORITE. IN THIS SHAFT THE ORE IS OXIDIZED ALL THE WAY DOWN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit 200-FT WIDE PORPHYRY DIKE FILLING FISSURE. ORE IS OXIDIZED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Weimer, Becky S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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