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Ratto Canyon Deposit

Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047573
MRDS ID M242944
Record type Site
Current site name Ratto Canyon Deposit
Related records 10310483

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.99062, 39.40049 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF EUREKA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinto Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Smoky-Newark 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 053E 26,27,34,35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS TO RATTO CANYON AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 172
USGS model code 26a
Deposit model name Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 15

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Dunderburg Shale;Hamburg Dolomite
    Rock description Dunderburg Shale;Hamburg Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eureka District; Prospect Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT REPORTEDLY STILL IN EXPLORATION PHASE IN 1987.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 1988 IN NBMG MI-1987.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 1986, NBMG MAP 91.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, ET AL., 1967, NBM BULL 64.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BONHAM, 1988.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1988 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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