| Deposit ID | 10042514 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060332 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Santa Clara Mine |
| Related records | 10150055 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.13069, 40.57211 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1981 |
| Relative position | IN SANTA CLARA CANYON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Star Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 031N | 034E | 11 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bournonite | Ore |
| Freibergite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -118.13069, 40.57211 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | American Basin Fault |
| General form | VEIN |
|---|---|
| Width | 0.3M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Star District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060332 |
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
CAMERON, 1939, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE NE HUMBOLDT RANGE, NEVADA; GSA BULL. V.50 NO.4
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | A FISSURE VEIN 6 TO 12 INCHES WIDE FORMED BY FILLING AND REPLACEMENT ALONG A NARROW SHEETED ZONE IN MAYOLITE. THE VEIN AND SHEETED ZONE ROUGHLY PARALLEL THE MAJOR FAULT ZONE THAT TRAVERSES SANTA CLARA CANYON BELOW THE PROSPECT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1973 | Johnson, Maureen G. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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