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Unnamed Copper Prospects

Occurrence in Pershing 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042588
MRDS ID M060429
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.33625, 40.14212 (WGS84)
Elevation 1689

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coal Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 032E 01,12 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM TAKEN APPROX. CENTRAL AREA OF PROSPECTS; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = LOVELOCK (1956) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED 1% CU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.33625, 40.14212
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ARGILLITE INTRUDED BY DIORITE. MALACHITE AND AZURITE OCCURS ALONG CONTACT IN FRACTURES IN THE ARGILLITE AND DIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Muttlebury District

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL CUTS AND ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH, SUMMARY OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-1961, V. 1: SAN FRANCISCO, SO. PACIFIC CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSISTS OF SEVERAL CUTS AND ADITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit ARGILLITE INTRUDED BY DIORITE. MALACHITE AND AZURITE OCCUR ALONG CONTACT IN FRACTURES IN THE ARGILLITE AND DIORITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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