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Cosmopolitan Claim

Occurrence in Clark 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037214
MRDS ID M031103
Record type Site
Current site name Cosmopolitan Claim
Related records 10221686

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.49028, 35.82583 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES WEST OF GOODSPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodsprings(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump 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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
024S 058E 29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH SIDE OF LAVINA WASH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.49028, 35.82583
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Scale Overthrusts.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone, Fault Along Which The Eastern Block Of The Keystone Thrust Is Dropped Several Hundred Feet.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 E
    Dip 85 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE MINERALS APPEAR TO HAVE COME FROM SILICIFIED SHEAR ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goodsprings

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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