| Deposit ID | 10046823 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242038 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Montezuma Camp |
| 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 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Esmeralda |
| 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 |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Kaolinite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 72 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 19a |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic replacement |
| Mark3 model number | 47 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite | ||
| |||
| 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 |
| (1) | -117.38092, 37.71438 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gentle Folding, Buckling Of Strata; Later Crushing Of Veins |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1867 |
| Discoverer | Nagle, Carlyle And Plunkett |
| District name | Montezuma District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242038 |
BALL, S.H., 1906, USGS BULL 285, P. 58-59
BALL, S.H., 1907, USGS BULL 308, P. 63-64
LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, NEVADA MINERALS AND MINING CAMPS: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO: RENO, NV.
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-82 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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