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Prospect

Occurrence in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Cobalt
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067577
MRDS ID W000362
Record type Site
Current site name Prospect
Related records 10140113

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.54602, 39.32989 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cisco Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cobaltite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.54602, 39.32989
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: IN RATTLESNAKE CREEK, ABOUT SOUTH OF SIGNAL PEAK, COPPER PYRITE OCCURS ACCOMPANIED BY COBALTITE, CHIEFLY AS IMPREGNATIONS IN A GNEISSOID SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES UNKNOWN; PROBABLY UNDEVELOPED; STUDY NEEDED (?)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1900, USGS GEOL. ATLAS, FOLIO 66

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED CO REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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