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Chapman - Anderson Group

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037586
MRDS ID M035573
Record type Site
Current site name Chapman - Anderson Group
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 3551 # 3552

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.10317, 38.51159 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROX. 4.5 MI. EAST OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunrise Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 035E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EARLY OPERATIONS REMOVED 4 TO 9 PERCENT CU LEAVING LOW GRADE SHELLS STANDING. LATER WORK MINED 2.5 PERCENT CU WITH HIGH GRADE. UNSPECIFIED TONNAGE AT 2.5 PERCENT GRADE REPRESENTS POSSIBLE PRESENT POTENTIAL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) The Orebodies Are Largely Copper Carbonates And Oxides. They Appear As Pods Or Irreg. Masses In The Shear Zone.Silicification Also.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.10317, 38.51159
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Volcano Peak Normal Fault Strikes N 40 W And Dips Sw - Mineralized; Champion Normal Fault Strikes E-W And Dips South - No Valuable Ore Has Been Found In Footwall Of This Fault

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED, IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore In Silicate Zone Developed In Lmst. Near Granitic Contact Or Assoc. With Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN IRREGULAR CHIMNEYS AND MASSES OF GARNETIZED ROCK. ORE COMPLETELY OXIDIZED AND POROUS, SOFT AND FRIABLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Santa Fe

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Agnes Bennett
    First year 1935

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Period 1913 - 1917
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2 - 6 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Copper Copper 4wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES DERIVED FROM ANDERSON MINE AND NEV. CHAMPION COPPER CO. - LISTED SEPARATELY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • LEVELS AT 100 , 200 , 300 FT. IN THE DEEP SHAFT AND SEVERAL THOUSAND FT. OF WORKINGS OPEN CUTS AND GLORY HOLES AT THE SURFACE. THREE 60*20 FOOT MODERN SHEDS FILLED TO THE CEILING WITH CORE. THERE HAS BEEN TEN MINOR WORKINGS THAT HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE ORE.

Comments on development

  • PRODUCTION DURING WORLD WAR I, DRILLING HAS OCCURRED TO THE EAST WITHIN THE LAST FIFTEEN YEARS. ; ECON.COM: 3000 TONS OF 5% COPPER (1915-1916)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, CLIFTON, W., 1922 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., UNIV OF CAL. PRESS, VOL. 14 , NO. 1

  • Deposit

    COUCH, CARPENTER, 1943 , NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION ( 1859 - 1940 ), UNIV. OF NEV. BULL., VOL. 27 , NO. 4

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, SANTE FE MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 4-9-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED DISTRICT MINING FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

  • Production

    COUCH AND CARPENTER F ( 2 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SANTA FE DISTRICT ACCREDITED WITH PRODUCTION OF 8,849,597 LBS. CU BETWEEN 1912 AND 1919 . CHAMPION - ANDERSON GROUP OF CLAIMS COMPRISE A NET AREA OF APPROX. 115 ACRES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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