| Deposit ID | 10044682 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232244 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Caledonia |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.56731, 40.1963 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Eureka(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cortez(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Eureka |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 027N | 048E | 21 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Model code | 72 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 19a |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic replacement |
| Mark3 model number | 47 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Mill Canyon Stock (Quartz-Monzonite) | ||||||||
| Rock description | Mill Canyon Stock (Quartz-Monzonite) | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Wenban Limestone |
| Rock description | Wenban Limestone |
| (1) | -116.56731, 40.1963 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Roberts Mtn Thrust |
| General form | STRATABOUND, TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Length | 15.24M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discoverer | Strat Abound, Tabular |
| District name | Cortez District |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232244 |
ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 64
USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO 41, REFERENCE NO 3201100074
EMMONS W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA, LANDER, & ELKO GOS., USGS BULL 408
GILLUBY J., & MASURSKY H. (1965) GEOLOGY OF THE CORTEZ QUADRANGLE, NEV. USGS BULL 1175
EMMONS, W.H., 1918
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE SHOOT, PARALLEL TO BEDDING, WAS FOLLOWED DOWN 50 FEET |
| Deposit | NEAR THE MOUTH OF MILL CANYON ABOUT ONE MILE DOWNSTREAM OF THE SCHOOLHOUSE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1980 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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