| Deposit ID | 10095751 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242472 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dipper Patented Claims |
| Alternate or previous names | Dipper, Dipper 2, Dipper 3 Patented Claims |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.41009, 37.98161 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1838 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Esmeralda |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 002N | 041E | 31 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Harkless |
| Rock description | Harkless |
| (1) | Crossbedded quartzite, siltstone, and phyllite |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N30W |
| Dip | 47 SW |
| Thickness | 2M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Lone Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242472 |
TINGLEY,J.V., 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION
ALBERS,J.P. AND STEWART,J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78.
NBMG OFR 83-8, 83-11, 1983
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SHEAR ZONES CUTTING META-LIMESTONE LENSE FORMS PROMINENT OUTCROP. LIMESTONE LENSES HAVE LOCALLY BEEN CONVERTED TO GARNET-EPIDOTE TACTITE. A GOSSAN FORMED ON THE ZONE CONTAINS FE OXIDES, CHRYSOCOLLA CHALCOCITE,MELACONITE. THIS SHEAR ZONE CROSS CUTS GARNET-EPIDOTE TACTITE. NW OF THE DIPPER 2 SHAFT, A SHALLOW SHAFT WAS SUNK ON A FLAT-DIPPING QUARTZ VEIN WHICH HAS BEEN CUT BY A NEAR-VERTICAL SHEAR ZONE. GRANITE IS CUT BY APLITE DIKES, THIN PEGMATITES AND DULL-WHITE QUARTZ VEINS. SOME PEGMATITES CONTAIN CONSIDERABLE K-FELDSPAR, AND ONE AREA HAS LARGE PSEUDOMORPHS OF LIMONITE AFTER PYRITE (UP TO 1 INCH ACROSS.) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1985 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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