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Copper Stack Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046800
MRDS ID M242012
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Stack Claims
Alternate or previous names Silver Stack, NBMG Sample Site 1263a and B

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.80981, 37.55744 (WGS84)
Elevation 2097
Relative position ABOUT 2.7 AIRMILES N85W FROM OASIS DIVIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oasis Divide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 038E 30 W2 OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.80981, 37.55744
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone, Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Length 9.14M
    Width 4.57M
  • General form POD

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact With Marble; Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Windy Pah (Fesler) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • CUTS, TRENCHES (NUMEROUS)

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION WAS PROBABLY FOR COPPER, BUT SOME MAY HAVE BEEN FOR TUNGSTEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 18 AUGUST 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL POD OF GARNET-EPIDOTE SKARN ALONG CONTACT OF LAMPROPHYRE DIKE WITH MARBLE. DIKE OCCUPIES CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN MARBLE TO SW AND GRANITE TO NE. GREEN AND BLUE COPPER MINERALS OCCUR IN SOFT LEACHED ZONES IN SKARN; CHALCEDONIC SILICA COATS FRACTURES IN SKARN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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