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NBMG Sample Sites 068, 069

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046094
MRDS ID M234017
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Sites 068, 069

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.35919, 40.1166 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chin Creek Reservoir(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 067E 24 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 E
    Dip 70 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • N 30E, 70 SE FRACTURE ZONE IN LIMESTONE WITH LIMONITE. INTRUSIVE CONTACT STRIKES N 60 W AND IS VERTICAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kinsley District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, STOPES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J. V., NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 8/13/81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN WITH COPPER OXIDES ON FOOTWALL OF VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Mohsen, Ahmed F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JUL-1989 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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