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Pilot Group

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045345
MRDS ID M233052
Record type Site
Current site name Pilot Group
Alternate or previous names Tiffany Mne

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.86705, 38.33382 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kibby Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 036E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTHEAST END OF PILOT MOUNTAINS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Limonite Gangue
Turquoise Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Leaching, Fe-Staining

Analytical data

Result GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALIES SHOWN IN EXCELSS OF 0.05% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Excelsior Formation
    Rock description Excelsior Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.86705, 38.33382
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A Major E-W Fold Or Fault Trends Across The Northern Portion Of The Claim Group

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CLAIMS LIE WITHIN A SEEMINGLY E-W BELT OF DISSEMINATED CU-M PROSPECTS THAT TO THE NORTH OF TONOPAH. AT THE PILOT CLAIMS, THREE MAJOR ROCK GROUPS CROP OUT: THE TRIASSIC EXCELSIOR FORMATION, FURASSIC OR CRETACEOUS QUARTZ MONZONITE, AND AND A VOLCANIC AND HYPAHYSSAL COMPLEX OF TERTIARY AGE. THE EXCELSIOR QUARTZITE ISBLEACHED, BRECCIATED ANF IRON-STAINED NEAR THE CONTACT WITH QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pilot Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Robert Daniel, Tonopan, Nev., Grant Huntley, Reno, Nev; Earl Smith, Norman, Oklahoma

Comments on development

  • ANNUAL LABORS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED THROUGH AUGUST 1, 1964

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD, N.L., 1964, (UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE PILOT GROUP OF CLAIMS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BOTH THE EXCELSIOR FORMATION AND THE QUARTZ MONZONITE ARE ALTERED AND MINERALIZED FRACTURES ARE COATED WITH CHRYSOCOLLA, COPPER OXIDES AND TURQUOISE
Deposit CLAIMS COVER AN AREA OF 6 SQ. MI. THE GROUP CONSISTS OF 182 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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