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Veteran Pit

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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037321
MRDS ID M031298
Record type Site
Current site name Veteran Pit
Alternate or previous names Morris-Brooks Mines and Pits
Related records 10125779

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.03087, 39.263 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES W OF ELY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Riepetown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
16N 62E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 58
USGS model code 18a
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu, skarn-related
Mark3 model number 9

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ely Limestone
    Rock description Ely Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.03087, 39.263
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sedimentary Strata Tilted, Folded And Complexly Faulted

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IN E-TRENDING ZONE 6 MILES LONG, UP TO 3000 FEET WIDE. ORE CONFINED TO ALTERED PORPHYRY AND SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, IN DISSEMINATED GRAINS IN THE PORPHYRY, BLEBS IN QUARTZ VEINLETS, GRAINS ALONG MINUTE FRACTURES, AND IN VEINLETS OF PURE SULFIDES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Robinson (Ely, Ruth, Kimberly)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976, GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO, NEV. NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO. BULL 85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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