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Box Canyon Claims

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Sulfides
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045843
MRDS ID M233683
Record type Site
Current site name Box Canyon Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.9467, 39.92882 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Exchequer Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024N 062E 27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF CHERRY CREEK APPROX. 5 MI THROUGH CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfides Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.9467, 39.92882
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TAILINGS FROM ADIT SHOW HEMATITE AFTER PYRITE MINERALIZATION. NO OTHER MINERALIZATION IS APPARENT. FAULT ZONE IS BECCIATED AND SULFIDE WHILE THE COUNTRY ROCK IS CHERTY, FE-STAINED LS WITH QTZ VEINING AND NUMEROUS GASTRIPODS, CRINOIDS, AND CORAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cherry Creek

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Caupanella, Louis
    First year 1965

Comments on development

  • A FEW ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT ZONE (S35W, 38NW)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Martin, Paul (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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