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Steptoe Drill Road.

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045872
MRDS ID M233731
Record type Site
Current site name Steptoe Drill Road.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.77308, 39.30994 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Ely(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe 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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 064E 28 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Silicification.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.77308, 39.30994
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 68NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHEAR ZONE IS WELL EXPOSED IN ADIT & IS ORIENTED N80E, 68NW WIDTH OF ZONE = 3 1/2 FT. CU-STAINING ON QUARTZITES SOUTH OF SHEAR. ZONE IS BRECCIATED WITH ABUNDANT LIMONITE STAINING, CALCITE VEINS & FE-RICH PODS. HOST ROCK IS A WHITE QTZITE. ROCK TYPE ON THE DUMP & WITHIN SHEAR ZONE IS A BRECCIATED WHITE QUARTZITE CEMENTED BY ORANGE-RED VEINLETS OF FEOX. INSIDE ROCK MUCH OXID. SULFIDES (GOSSAN) IN FRACTURES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Duck Creek

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • DRILL ROAD WITH 5 DRILL HOLES. ON SE SIDE ROAD IS 1 NARROW SHAFT & 1 N80E ADIT WHICH PARALLELS A SHEAR ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Mohsen, Ahmed F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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