| Deposit ID | 10047531 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242894 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dewdrop #2 Prospect |
| Related records | 10125609 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.12488, 40.01295 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bluewing Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)
Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Lahontan(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 | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 025N | 025E | 25 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 42 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 14a |
| Deposit model name | W skarn |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Auld Lang Syne Group |
| Rock description | Auld Lang Syne Group |
| (1) | -119.12488, 40.01295 |
|---|
| Strike | N 40 W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 45 SW |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Juniper Range District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242894 |
TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 MAP AREA
NBMG BULL 89, 1977, PL. 1.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CUT EXPOSES BANDED MARBLEIZED LIMESTONE AND GARNET TACTITE. 3 TACTITE BANDS EXPOSED IN CUT ARE SEPARATED BY BLUE CHLORITIC MATERIAL. TACTITE IS LACED WITH BLUISH WHITE QUARTZ VEINS 2-3 INCHES THICK. TACTITE BANDS ARE MAINLY RED - BROWN GARNET, EPIDOTE WITH CLOTS OF QUARTZ AND SOME CALCITE. SOME EPIDOTE CRYSTALS ARE UP TO 2 INCHES LONG, FLAT-GROWING ON FRACTURE SURFACES. CHLORITIC HORNFELS IS COPPER-STANINED. GRANITE OUTCROPS ON WEST, NORTH AND SOUTH OF CUT; METASEDIMENTS PROBABLY REPRESENT A SHALLOW ROOF PENDANT IN GRANITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1988 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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