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Unnamed Copper

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046057
MRDS ID M233971
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.28169, 40.30076 (WGS84)
Relative position SW FLANK OF MOUNT PISGAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Horse Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Currie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe 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
028N 068E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization Of Wall Rock

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.28169, 40.30076
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N-S Joint System, Dipping 70 Deg.-80 Deg. W

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-S Joint System-Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1913

Mining district

District name White Horse

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 FT. SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CARRYING MINOR AMOUNTS OF COPPER AND LEAD CARBONATES WITH LIMONITE. VEIN SYSTEM CUTS QUARTZ MONZONITE STOCK
Deposit THIS PROPERTY IS A VEIN DEPOSIT WHICH CARRIES MINOR AMOUNTS OF COPPER AND LEAD CARBONATES, WITH LIMONITE. THE VEIN SYSTEM PARALLELS THE N-S JOINT SYSTEM THAT CUTS THE QUARTZ MONZONITE STOCK ON THE SW FLANK OF MOUNT PISGAH. THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY SHAFT 50 FT, THE ACTIVITY WAS PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER OF 1913 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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