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Sleepy Joe

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, 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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043787
MRDS ID M231068
Record type Site
Current site name Sleepy Joe
Alternate or previous names Kyle, Mint, Eveland, Anti

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.54656, 39.74822 (WGS84)
Relative position 280 FEET NE OF DONATELLI SHAFT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spanish Springs Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 022E 29 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.54656, 39.74822
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Dikes Cutting Granite

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip 35SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of Two Quartz Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEIN, PARALLED BY SECOND VEIN, SECOND CHANGES STRIKE, INTERSECTS FIRST, STIBNITE OCCURS AT INTERSECTION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unnamed (Pyramid)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS, NARROW, APLITE, FINE-GRAINED GRANITE, AND PEGMATITE DIKES CUT GRANITE, VEINS WITH STIBNITE OCCUR IN HANGING WALL OF ONE FINE-GRAINED GRANITE DIKE. VEINS MAINLY QUARTZ, BRECCIATED AND RECEMENTED WITH QUARTZ. ANTIMONY OXIDE AND COPPER CARBONATE STAINS COMMON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, EF, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NBMG BULL 61, 1963

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, HF, GEOL & MIN DEP, WASHOE-STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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