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Unnamed Copper

Occurrence in Elko 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045639
MRDS ID M233424
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.80256, 41.07713 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position N END OF WOOD HILLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moor Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(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)

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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037N 063E 24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR WADEL SPRING

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.80256, 41.07713
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moor

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS 5-10 FEET DEEP

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS WITH SPARSE AZURITE, MALACHITE, CHALCOCITE & IRON OXIDES
Deposit NEAR WODEL SPRING PROSPECT SHAFTS 5'-10' DEEP EXPLORED QUARTZ VEINS UP TO 1' WIDE ALONG BEDDING IN GENTLY DIPPING LIMESTONE. SPARCE AZURITE, MALACHITE, CHALCOCITE, AND IRON IXIDES OCCUR IN THE QUARTZ. 7-24-80/BELIEVE THAT THIS AREA IS COVERED BY THE WARDELL CLAIMS. DID NOT SEE ANY PAPER IN THIS AREA HOWEVER. RE TAKEN-LOOK ON NOTES FOR IRON PROSPECT AREA FOR DETAILS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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