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North Carson

Past Producer in Carson City county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103923
MRDS ID M231084
Record type Site
Current site name North Carson

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.76656, 39.20796 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carson City(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carson City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Carson City

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 020E 32 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.76656, 39.20796
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Carson

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY EQUIPED WITH HOISTING MACHINERY IN 1876 BUT ABANDONED SHORTLY THERE AFTER. A SMALL LOT OF COPPER-LEAD SILVER ORE SOLD FROM THE PROPERTY IN 1925.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OVERTON, THEODORE D, MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WASHOE COUNTIES, NBMG BULL 46, DEC. 1947

  • Deposit

    TRESLER, DENNIS T., CARSON CITY FOLIO, GEOLOGIC MAP NO 1AG, 1977, NBMG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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