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Rio Grande Copper

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046151
MRDS ID M234130
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Grande Copper
Alternate or previous names Rainbow Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.97176, 41.79212 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mountain City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 053E 14 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.97176, 41.79212
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mountain City

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL INDUSTRY LOCATION SUBSYSTEM, 1979, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M., 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY NEV: USGS. OPEN FILE REPT. 1976-56

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER OCCURRENCE
Deposit VERY UNCERTAIN LOCATION, PRECISION-SKM AREA INCLUDES GOLD COPPER GROUP OF CLAIMS WHICH INCLUDE CLAY ALTERED ZHYOLITES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Taylor J. K. 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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