Renton Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044059
MRDS ID M231380
Record type Site
Current site name Renton Copper Prospect
Alternate or previous names Trenton Canyon Copper Prospect

Comments on the site names

  • The site name "Renton" is likely a typographical error given the location in Trenton Canyon.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.18984, 40.63268 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 13 MILES WEST OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 042E 24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MILE N. OF HEAD OF TRENTON CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 80
USGS model code 21b
Deposit model name Porphyry Mo, low-F

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Rock unit name Battle Formation
    Rock description Battle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.18984, 40.63268

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N
    Dip W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact Aureole?

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEVERAL LENTICULAR BODIES CONTAINING COPPER ORE MINERALS DISCOVERED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW TRENCHES

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER OXIDE AND CARBONATE MINERALS PRESENT NEAR IGNEOUS CONTACT
Deposit WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES IN HORNFELS AND CONGLOMERATE OF THE BATTLE FORMATION IN THE CONTACT AUREOLE OF GRANODIORITE IN TRENTON CANYON. SIZE & GRADE OF ORE BODIES UNDETERMINED AS OF 1950'S ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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