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Jeep Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045474
MRDS ID M233222
Record type Site
Current site name Jeep Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.19845, 38.47381 (WGS84)
Relative position N BLACK DYE MOUNTAIN,2 MILES SW OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Dyke Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 034E 09 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning
    Rock description Luning
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.19845, 38.47381
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip STEEP NW
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santa Fe District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wherry, A. C. And Mills, O. M.

Comments on the workings information

  • 100-FOOT CROSSCUT TO MINERALIZED ZONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS SOME DATA FROM M035201,WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED(BECAUSE IT WAS A DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit TWO VEINS ABOUT 50 FEET APART, ONE 6 FEET THICK, THE OTHER 1 FOOT THICK CONSIST OF COPPER-STAINED QUARTZ AND CALCITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1990 Skurski, M. (Marcus, Sue) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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