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Saint Patrick

Past Producer 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103605
MRDS ID M035614
Record type Site
Current site name Saint Patrick
Alternate or previous names Copper Queen Group Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.10901, 38.58409 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position APPROX. 7.5 MI. NE OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunrise Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 035E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EMMA-DANDY(M035610) AND ST. PATRICK ARE PARTS OF THE COPPER QUEEN GROUP DESCRIBED BY CLARK(1922). TWO SITES WITHIN THE COPPER QUEEN GROUP ARE DESCRIBED IN MRDS BECAUSE THEIR GEOLOGY IS SIMILAR BUT THEIR LOCATIONS AND REFERENCES ARE DIFFERENT. COPPER QUEEN IS NOT DESCRIBED SEPARATELY IN MRDS. LOCATION CONFIRMED BY J. TINGLEY AND J. QUADE 5 DEC/89

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRIOR TO OR DURING 1916 SAMPLING AVE. 6 - 8 PERCENT CU

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning
    Rock description Luning

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.10901, 38.58409
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs In Fractured Decomposed Silica Rock Protruding Into Igneous Mass

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santa Fe

Comments on the production information

  • VERY LIMITED PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLOITED MOSTLY BY GLORY HOLE METHOD, 40 FT. SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, C.W., 1922 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL CO. NEV., UNIV. OF CALIF. PUB., VOL. 14 , NO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDATION OF SULPHIDES PRODUCED AN GOSSAN CAP ON SURFACE.
Deposit COPPER QUEEN GROUP EXTENDED FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND FT. ALONG A TACTITE ZONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1990 Marcus, Susan U.S. Geological Survey

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