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Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, Antimony, Cadmium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044405
MRDS ID M231819
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.41729, 38.29077 (WGS84)
Elevation 2713
Relative position NEAR THE SUMMIT OF RAWHIDE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tybo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(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

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Cadmium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Iron Ore
Jarosite Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Dolomite

Analytical data

Result 1980 - A SELECTED GRAB SAMPLE CONTAIN 1 % CU, 2.0 % PB, 1 % ZN, 500 PPM AG, 500 PPM MO, 0.5 % SB, 200 PPM CD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.41729, 38.29077
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DOLOMITE INTENSELY FRACTURED AND RECEMENTED BY SILICA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tybo District; Little Rawhide Mtn. Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Trickey, Lloyd
    First year 1962

Comments on development

  • REPORTEDLY MINED IN EARLIER YEARS BY MEXICANS.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PODS SEVERAL INCHES ACROSS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 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

Beyond USGS

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

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