| Deposit ID | 10046477 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M241643 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Valente Shaft |
| Alternate or previous names | Part of Mountain Lion Property |
| Related records | 10173744 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.59334, 37.94052 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2362 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lincoln(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Highland Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Dry Lake Valley(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lincoln |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 001N | 066E | 17 | SE OF SE | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Aurichalcite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Goethite | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Melaconite | Ore |
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Burrows Member Of Highland Peak | ||||
| Rock description | Burrows Member Of Highland Peak | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -114.59334, 37.94052 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N20E |
| Dip | 58-65SE |
| Plunge | 58 SE |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Highland District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M241643 |
FITCH, D.C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., NEV; UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO M.S. THESIS, P. 79-80
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DUMP CONTAINS SILICIFIED DOLOMITE REPLACED BY GALENA. A SMALL ADIT 500 FT SOUTH OF THE VALENTE SHAFT EXPOSES A GENTLY-DIPPING VEIN AND SMALL REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT. LIMONITE MINERALS ARE ABUNDANT IN THE REPLACED DOLOMITE. A FEW SPECKS OF AURICALCITE AND MINIUM ARE PRESENT IN THE VEIN. A SMALL PROSPECT PIT 500 FT WEST OF THIS POINT CUTS A VEIN AND SMALL REPLACEMENT MINERAL DEPOSIT. THE VEIN STRIKES N10E AND DIPS 65E. THE DUMP MATERIAL CONTAINS LOCALLY ABUNDANT GALENA, SOME CERUSSITE, PLUMBO-JAROSITE, MALACHITE, AND MINOR AMOUNTS OF MELACONITE AND AURICALCITE. A SMALL IRON REPLACEMENT BODY IS PRESENT ON THE RIDGE NORTH OF THE VALENTE SHAFT. APPARENTLY IT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEINS. THE REPLACED ZONE IS PARALLEL TO BEDDING, ABOUT 1 FT THICK AND 100 FT LONG. IT CONSISTS OF MASSIVE GOETHITE AND HEMATITE. INTERBEDDED LIMESTONE HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED AS EXTENSIVELY AS THE DOLOMITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1984 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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