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Zabriskie Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Nye 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045690
MRDS ID M233481
Record type Site
Current site name Zabriskie Copper Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.88897, 38.5266 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES SSW OF BELMONT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 045E 23 S2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1/4 MILE S OF MONARCH, COVERING AN IRON-STAINED MILL UTM IS APPROXIMATE TO A SHAFT SHOWN ON TOPO SHEET IN GENERAL AREA OF THE PROSPECT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron Stain; Silicification, Alteration

Analytical data

Result VEIN MATERIAL ASSAYED 0.42 % CU, 1.82 % CU, 1.30 % CU AND 2.52 % CU FROM SEVERAL SAMPLES.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.88897, 38.5266
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Belmont (Philadelphia) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCDANIEL, G.W., 1916, REPORT ON THE ZABRISKIE TUNGSTEN AND THE ZABRISKIE COPPER, MONARCH, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA; UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG, FILE 215, ITEM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ STRINGERS, HEAVILY IRON STAINED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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