| Deposit ID | 10097298 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242346 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mcboyle Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Copper Canyon Prospect, Part of Molly Property |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.65731, 37.33606 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1981 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | 500m To General Vicinity Of The Prospect |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Esmeralda(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Last Chance Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)
Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)
Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)
California(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 | Esmeralda |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 007S | 039E | 09,16 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Ilsemannite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||
| Rock unit name | Sylvania Pluton; Uncle Sam Quartz Monzonite Porphyry | ||
| Rock description | Sylvania Pluton; Uncle Sam Quartz Monzonite Porphyry | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble |
| (1) | -117.65731, 37.33606 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.1M |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Sylvania (Green Mountain) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242346 |
NBMG BULL 78, P. 63-64, 71.
SCHILLING, JOHN H., 1962, NBMG REPORT 2, P. 18.
SCHILLING, J.H. (1979), MOLYBDENUM RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NBMG OFR-79-3
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MOLYBDENITE, PYRITE AND MINOR QUARTZ ALONG FAULT ON THE CONTACT BETWEEN MARBLE AND QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-82 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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