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Unknown Sample Location 037

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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10046099
MRDS ID M234024
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Sample Location 037

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.00477, 40.40992 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delcer Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ruby Lake(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.00477, 40.40992
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 E
    Dip 65 NW
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • GARNET-EPIDOTE SKARN, CUOX & FEOX STAINING ALONG FRACTURES SHAFT EXPOSES 4' WIDE SHEAR ZONE IN GARNET, BRICK RED FEOX ALONG SHEAR ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Delker

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, DOZER CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SKARN WITH 4 FT WIDE SHEAR ZONE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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