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Never Sweat

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. Ore body information
  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 10046036
MRDS ID M233944
Record type Site
Current site name Never Sweat
Alternate or previous names Big Four

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.81894, 40.56992 (WGS84)
Elevation 2609
Relative position NE OF KILLIE MINE

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 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SRN SLOPES OF BANNER HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.81894, 40.56992
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N20E
    Dip 65-70W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916

Mining district

District name Spruce Mountain

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS, INACCESSIBLE IN 1916

Comments on development

  • FEE, PATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE BEARING COPPER CARBONATES
Deposit THE NEVER SWEAT PROSPECT WORKINGS CONSISTED OF 3 SHAFTS ON A LEDGE STRIKING N 20 E, AND DIPPING 65-70 W. IN LIMESTONES AND INTERBEDDED QUARTZITES. THE WORKINGS WERE NOT ACCESSIBLE IN 1916. (HILL, 1916 P. 76) MINERAL SURVEY NO. 3302, CONSISTS OF NEVER SWEAT AND BIG FORE CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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