| Deposit ID | 10045468 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233215 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ideal Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.11539, 38.50659 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 3 MI. E OF LUNING |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sunrise Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Walker Lake(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 008N | 035E | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Granitic Rock | ||||||||
| Rock description | Granitic Rock | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Luning |
| Rock description | Luning |
| (1) | -118.11539, 38.50659 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Santa Fe District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 102.11M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233215 |
ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
CLARK, 1922, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SANTA FE DISTRICT, NEVADA; UNIV. CALIF. DEPT. GEOL., SCI. BULL. V. 14, NO. 1
CLARK, 1922, P. 56
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COPPER SULFIDES AND CARBONATES IN SILICATE ZONE ALONG GRANITIC CONTACT WITH LIMESTONE |
| Deposit | HIGH GRADE ORE WAS NOT ENCOUNTERED ANYWHERE IN COMMERCIAL QUANTITIES, BUT BY CAREFUL SORTING SEVERAL CARS OF PAY WERE SHIPPED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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