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Unnamed Copper Prospect #1

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044064
MRDS ID M231386
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper Prospect #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.07012, 40.68323 (WGS84)
Elevation 1570

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snow Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N;033N 044E;044E 06;31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 OF NW 1/4 OF NW 1/4 OF SEC. 06; SE 1/4 OF SW 1/4 OF SW 1/4 SEC. 31

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.07012, 40.68323
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Faults

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 Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PITS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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