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Unnamed Copper

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Tungsten
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043791
MRDS ID M231072
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.69518, 39.70239 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MILES NNW OF SUGARLOAF PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Griffith Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(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 021N 020E 12 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silication

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.69518, 39.70239
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Intrusive Contact

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 70SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone On Intrusive Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • MALACHITE AND AZURITE, DERIVED FROM OXIDATION OF CHALCOPYRITE, COAT FRACTURES IN SKARN.

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

  • COPPER MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN FAULT ZONE BETWEEN GRANODIORITE AND METAVOLCANIC. SKARN ZONE, CONTAINING DISSEMIN CHALCOPYRITE AND SOME SCHEELITE IS UP TO 100 FEET WIDE, SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG PARALLEL TO THE FAULT ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, HF, GEOL & MIN DEP, WASHOE, STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 196

Reporter information

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

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