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Unnamed Silver 4

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045630
MRDS ID M233414
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Silver 4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.76727, 40.9513 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES NE OF TOBANE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snow Water Lake NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Long-Ruby Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 064E 05 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SE SLOPES OF WOOD HILK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SELECTED SAMPLE, TR. AU, 0.2 OZ AQ

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.76727, 40.9513
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 50N
    Plunge N15E
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • DOLOMITIC LIMESTONES ARE ORODOVICIAN SILARIAN DEVONIAN AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lafayette

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Southern Pacific Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • 30-FT SHAFT INCCLINED 60 DEG NW

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964) MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN NEVADA & NW UTAH, VOL 1

  • Deposit

    SMITH, ROSCOE M.(1976) MINERAL RESOURCES ELKO CO., NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT1976-56

  • Deposit

    ERICKSON, R.C., ETAL(1966) GEOCHEMICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN THE PEQUOP MTS. & WOOD HILLS,ELKO CO., NEV., USGS BULL 1198-E.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED ZONE ALONG E-TRENDING FAULT IN DOLOMITE
Deposit OXIDIZED ZONE ALONG E-TRENDING FAULT IN DOLOMITER(?) (SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. F.109 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1990 Marcus, Sue U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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