Redeemer Claim

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045063
MRDS ID M232721
Record type Site
Current site name Redeemer Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.5835, 41.11905 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
Relative position 25 MILES BY ROAD NW OF JUNGO, NEV.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 038N 030E 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF RED BUTTE MINING CAMP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Chalcocite Altered To Chrys., Halachite, Azurite

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 > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.5835, 41.11905

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • "A FISSURE ZONE IN THE GABBRO CONTAINS STREAKS OF CHALCOCITE, PARTLY ALTERED TO CHRYS., MAL., & AZURITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908

Mining district

District name Red Butte District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harris Family (Terry Or Howard)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F. E., 1909, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: U.S.G.S. BULL. 414.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1958, CRET. AND TRET. OROGENY, IN JACKSON MTNS., HUMBOLDT CO., NEVF: AAPG BULL, VOL. 42, NO. 10.

  • Deposit

    NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 1984.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXACT LOCATION IS NOT DETERMINABLE FROM DESCRIPTION GIVEN BY RANSOME, "ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF THE SETTLEMENT" OF RED BUTTE, WHICH CONSISTED IN 1908, OF ABOUT 30 TENTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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