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Burris

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043798
MRDS ID M231079
Record type Site
Current site name Burris

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.61268, 39.85933 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moses Rock(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 023N 022E 15 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Diaspore Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Adv. Argillic, Sericitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.61268, 39.85933
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Walker Lane Structure
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mullen Pass Ne Structure

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-W Trending Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pyramid District

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN IS PART OF THE SAME VEIN SYSTEM PRESENT AT THE JONES-KINCAID AND FRANCO-AMERICAN MINES. VEIN CONSISTS OF 6 TO 8 FEET OF BRECCIATED, SILICIFIED, SERICITIZED ASH FLOW TUFF. STRINGERS AND PODS OF ENARGITE AND DISSEMINATED ENARGITE AND PYRITE OCCUR IN THE VEIN SMALL PODS OF RELATIVELY MASSIVE ENARGITE HAVE BEEN SELECTIVELY MINED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., GEOL & MIN DEP. WASHOE-STOREY CO, NEV., NBMG BULL 70, 1969

  • Deposit

    WALLACE, A.B., GEOL. & MIN DEP, PYRAMID DIST. S. WASHOE CO, NEV UNPUBLISHED PHD. DISSERT., M.S.M., UNR, 1975

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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