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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045645
MRDS ID M233430
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.1853, 40.43187 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ferguson Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Currie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 069E 33 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.1853, 40.43187
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMONITE ALONG N70DEGW,55DEGN FAULT ZONE, BRECCIA W/LIMONITE, JASPEROID

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ferguson Springs

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FIELD EXAMINATION BY WITTER, DUTCHOFF ON 7/25/80

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADIT + SHALLOW SHAFT (30 FT DEEP) ON SITE ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Beintz, J.L. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1985 Unknown 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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