| Deposit ID | 10045473 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233220 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Giroux Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Calavada?, Arizona-Nevada |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.09039, 38.58742 (WGS84) |
|---|
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)
Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 008N | 035E | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Granitic Rocks | ||||||||
| Rock description | Granitic Rocks | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Luning |
| Rock description | Luning |
| (1) | -118.09039, 38.58742 |
|---|
| Width | 21.34M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1916 |
| District name | Santa Fe District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Arizona-Nevada Copper Co. |
| First year | 1915 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233220 |
ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
HILL, 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA; USGS BULL. 594
CLARK, 1922, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SANTA FE DISTRICT, NEVADA; CALIF. UNIV. DEPT. GEOL. SCI., V. 14, NO. 1
ROSS, 1961, TABLE 6.6
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | A 70-FOOT TACTITE ZONE OF DARK SILICEOUS BRECCIATED LODE MATERIAL LIES BETWEEN GRANITIC ROCK ON SOUTH AND ALTERED CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE ON NORTH. OXIDIZED ORE OCCURS AS DEEP AS THE SHAFT WITH COPPER CARBONATES IN HEAVY LIMONITIC GOSSAN. CHRYSOCOLLA, MALACHITE, AND AZURITE OCCUR AS SMALL VEINLETS AND FILMS BETWEEN THE FRAGMENTS OF BRECCIA. A FEW POCKETS OF CUPRITE CAN BE FOUND, AND HEMATITE IS ABUNDANT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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