1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Unnamed Copper

Occurrence in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Alteration
  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 10044671
MRDS ID M232227
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.47676, 40.43547 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tumbleweed Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 049E 32 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Intrushine Is Locally Alsitized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.47676, 40.43547
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Prospect Along Dry Hills Fault, Basih & Range Type Normal Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sedimentary Units Are Locally Overturned

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Beowawe District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964) MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY P. 76

  • Deposit

    MAFFLER L.J. (1964) GEOLOGY OF THE FRENCHIE CREEK QUADRANGLE, NEV. USGS BULL 1179

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (W MEMUCCA) MILS NO. 116, REFERENCE NO. 3201100174.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROSPECT IS EXPLORED BY SEVERAL PITS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE DRY HILLS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.