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Green Lizard Group

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044181
MRDS ID M231543
Record type Site
Current site name Green Lizard Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.41787, 38.48354 (WGS84)
Elevation 1750
Relative position 6.4 MILES W-NW OF SAN ANTONIO RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rainier Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 041E 07 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.41787, 38.48354
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Peavine Caldera Peripheral Zone

Ore body information

  • General form COAT FRACTURES, DISSEMINATED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Ore Is Probably Control By A Major Northwest-Striking Shear Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1963
Discoverer Mr. Smith Of Tonopah

Mining district

District name Cloverdale District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Smith, M. N.
    Home office Tonopah
    First year 1963

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHALLOW TRENCHS AND OPEN CUTS.

Comments on development

  • TRENCHING,BULLDOZER WORK DONE IN EARLY 1960'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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