Montezuma Camp

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Iron, Bismuth
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  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 10046823
MRDS ID M242038
Record type Site
Current site name Montezuma Camp

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.38092, 37.71438 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position EXACT LOCATIONS OF SPECIFIC PROPERTIES UNKNOWN, 1000 M To Main Area Of Workings

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Split Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 002S;003S 041E;041E 26,27,33,34,35;01,02,03,09,10,15,16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WEST AND NORTHWEST SIDES OF MONTEZUMA PEAK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Sulfide Ore; Kalolinization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.38092, 37.71438

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Gentle Folding, Buckling Of Strata; Later Crushing Of Veins

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1867
Discoverer Nagle, Carlyle And Plunkett

Mining district

District name Montezuma District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS, TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • DISTRICT ORGANIZED IN 1867, MILL ERECTED IN 1886. IN GULCH ON NW SIDE OF MONTEZUMA PEAK. ACTIVE WORK CEASED IN 1887, BUT SOME OLD PROPERTIES WERE BEING REOPENED IN 1905. PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT $500,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALL, S.H., 1906, USGS BULL 285, P. 58-59

  • Deposit

    BALL, S.H., 1907, USGS BULL 308, P. 63-64

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, NEVADA MINERALS AND MINING CAMPS: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO: RENO, NV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ FISSURE VEIN WITH DIORITE-PORPHYRY DIKE AS HANGING WALL AND LIMESTONE AS FOOTWALL. NATIVE COPPER FORMS KNIFE-EDGES IN CRACKS AND SMALL NODULES IN VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-82 La Pointe, D.D. (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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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