| Deposit ID | 10046754 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M241959 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | The Climax Stock |
| Alternate or previous names | Oak Spring Area |
| Related records | 10222677 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.07587, 37.2444 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nye(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Oak Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Pahute Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
DOE(Federal land areas administered by DOE)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Nye |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gemstone | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Iron | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Climax Stock | ||||||||
| Rock description | Climax Stock | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Pogonip Group |
| Rock description | Pogonip Group |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| (1) | Carbonate Shelf Sequence - Limestone and minor dolomite |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Post-Ore Faulting Has "Smeared" Some Scheelite |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1905 |
| District name | Oak Spring District |
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| Ownership category | Military Reservation |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M241959 |
QUADE, J. AND BENTZ, J., 1982-83, FIELD EXAMINATION.
HOUSER, F. AND POOLE, F., PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF THE CLIMAX STOCK, 1960.
LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA
BALL, S.H., 1906, USGS BULL 285.
LINCOLN, 1923
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEINS IN SHEARS AND REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE ALONG MARGIN OF CONTACT WITH GRANODIORITE. SOME VEINS HAD BOX WORKS OR OPEN SPACE COCKADE STRUCTURES, SOME WERE BRECCIATED. IN ONE ADIT TUNGSTEN WAS CONCENTRATED ALONG A FAULT SAMPLE 1827 IS FROM AN ADIT DUMP, ADIT TRENDS N 195 FT DEEP IN ALTERED MARBLE. SAMPLE 1928 FROM MINE FACE OF GOUGE, CLAY, MARBLE AND W MINERALIZATION IN A HIGHLY IRON-STAINED OXIDIZED ZONE. SAMPLE 1929 FROM FAULT ZONE 150 FT IN FROM PORTAL WHERE ANOMALOUS SCHEELITE IS CONCENTRATED ALONG THE FAULT. GEM-QUALITY CHRYSOCOLLA CAME FROM 3 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PROSPECTS ALONG THE NORTH HALF OF OAK SPRINGS WASH. CHRYSOCOALL WAS IN VEINS ALONG HEMATITE-STAINED FRACTURES IN THE LIME STONES AND CALC-SILICATES. THE SECONDARY MINERALIZATION INCLUDED MALACHITE, JASPERY CHRYSOCOLLA, QUARTZ, AZURITE, MANGANESE AND CALCITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1983 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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