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Section 14 Adit

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050835
MRDS ID N000321
Record type Site
Current site name Section 14 Adit
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 4248

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.81958, 38.54992 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Grant(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
8N 28E 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THE WORKINGS ARE JUST EAST OF COPPER CANYON ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.81958, 38.54992
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Workings Are Very Near A Contact Between Metavolcanics And Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Grant

Comments on the workings information

  • A CAVED ADIT AND A LINE OF SHALLOW PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, MOUNT GRANT MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE VISITS SITE 6-27-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN PLACES THE VEIN IS ENTIRELY BRECCIATED AND CONTAINS FINE-GRAINED PYRITE, AND COPPER OXIDES AND SULFIDES.
Deposit ALL OF THE WORKINGS COMING UP THE CANYON APPEAR TO HAVE COME FROM THE SAME PERIOD AND MAY DATE FROM THE 1930'S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1989 Doebrich, Jeff L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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