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Trail Canyon Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046946
MRDS ID M242177
Record type Site
Current site name Trail Canyon Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.25974, 39.26438 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sixmile Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Mt. Moriah Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 069E 07 W2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON SE SIDE OF TRAIL CANYON, A TRIBUTARY TO NEGRO CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM ADITS ASSAYED UP TO 0.6 OZ/T AG, 2.07% CU ACROSS A 4-FT WIDTH.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Laketown And Fish Haven Dolomites
    Rock description Laketown And Fish Haven Dolomites
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.25974, 39.26438
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Intersection Of A Ne-Trending High-Angle Fault And A Nw-Trending Low-Angle Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mt. Moriah Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHORT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT, MLA 50-83

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., 1981, USGS MAP MF-1244-A

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG BEDDING PLANES. FAULT INTERSECTION MAY HAVE BEEN THE CONDUIT FOR MINERALIZING SOLUTIONS. MINERALZED ROCK WAS NOT TRACED ON THE SURFACE BEYOND THE AREA OF THE WORKINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-83 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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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