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Tramp Shaft

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046034
MRDS ID M233941
Record type Site
Current site name Tramp Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.84755, 40.56325 (WGS84)
Elevation 2304
Relative position 1 1/3 MILES ENE SPRUCEMONT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spruce Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Long-Ruby 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
031N 063E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • S. SIDE OF MONARCH FAULT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.84755, 40.56325
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Monarch Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spruce Mountain

Comments on the workings information

  • 60-FT. DEEP SHAFT IN 1916

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, JAMES M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICT IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL., 648

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, A.E., ET ALL, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, NBM BULL. 54

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE TRAMP SHAFT WAS REPORTED TO BE LOCATED IN THE LOW FLAT HILL ENE OF SPRUCE MOUNTAIN ABOUT 1 1/3 MILES. THE SHAFT WAS 60 FT DEEP IN 1916 (HILL), AND WAS LOCATED ON THE S. SIDE OF THE MONARCH FAULT, PYRITE IS ABUNDANTLY DISSEMINATED IN THE BRECCIA, AND SOMETIMES IS ASSOCIATED WITH CHALCOPYRITE IN SMALL LENSES AND STRINGERS IN THE CRUSHE & LIMESTONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN/BRECCIA FILL/FAULT ZONE. PYRITE IS ABUNDANTLY DISSEMINATED IN THE BRECCIA, SOMETIMES ASSOCIATED WITH CHALCOPYRITE IN SMALL LENSES & STRINGERS IN THE CRUSHED LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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