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Unnamed Copper-Silver Prospect

Occurrence in Esmeralda 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10047220
MRDS ID M242487
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper-Silver Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.49175, 37.94577 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paymaster Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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 001N 040E 16PROJECTED FROM SOUTH Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED AREA. ACCESSIBLE BY GRADED DIRT ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetrahedrite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Palmetto
    Rock description Palmetto

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.49175, 37.94577
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain District; Weepah District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 10 M DEEP SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM,H.F.,JR., 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION

  • Deposit

    ALBERS,J.P. AND STEWART,J.H., 1972,NBMG BULL 78.

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 83-8, 83-11, 1983.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE OCCURS IN SEQUENCE OF CHERT AND ARGILLITE OF PALMETTO FORMATION. SOME VEIN QUARTZ. WITH TETRAHEDRITE OCCURS ON SHAFT DUMPS. TACTITE IS PREDOMINANTLY GARNET WITH NO VISIBLE METALLIC MINERALIZATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 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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