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Molly Property

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047113
MRDS ID M242363
Record type Site
Current site name Molly Property
Alternate or previous names Copper Canyon Prospect, Area Encompasses Macboyle Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.65009, 37.33467 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Last Chance Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 007S 039E 09,15,16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MILES SOUTH OF POISON SPRING, JUST BARELY IN NEVADA, CROSSING THE HEADWATERS OF COPPER CANYON. UTM IS TO APPROXIMATE CENTER OF PROSPECT AREA, EXTENDING OUT FOR ABOUT 500 M ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Sylvania Pluton
    Rock description Sylvania Pluton

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 3218.6M
    Width 531.07M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sylvania (Green Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAKER, ARTHUR, III, 1964, UNPUBLISHED NOTES FROM FIELD SCOUTING TRIP TO LIDA DISTRICT: NBMG FILE 95, ITEM 1.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 78, P. 63-64, 71

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1962, NBMG REPORT 2, P.18.

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H. (1979) MOLYBDENUM RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NBMG OFR 79-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A ZONE EXTENDING ABOUT 2 MILES SE FROM STATION 80 AND ABOUT 0.5 MILE NW TO TUNNEL MARKED ON TOPO. IRREGULARLY IRON-STAINED

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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