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Oddie Tunnel Bald Mtn., Blue Bell Group

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037014
MRDS ID M030026
Record type Site
Current site name Oddie Tunnel Bald Mtn., Blue Bell Group
Related records 10174478

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.56367, 39.93936 (WGS84)
Relative position A LITTLE OVER A MILE EAST-SOUTHEAST OF JOY, AT SOUTH FORK OF WATER CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Bald Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Smoky-Newark 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
24N 57E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitized And Calcitized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.56367, 39.93936
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINOR AMOUNT OF DISSEMINATED PYRITE IN LAST 40 FEET OF TUNNEL; AT SURFACE ORE ZONE IS 40 FEET WIDE. NO COPPER FOUND UNDERGROUND

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bald Mtn (Joy Or Ruby Mtn)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Munter, Mayer, And Ziege

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 36.58M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, JOHN H., 1962 AN INVENTORY OF MOLYBDENUM OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, NEV BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 2

  • Deposit

    HILL, JAMES M. 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, U.S. GEO BULL. 648

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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