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Sam. Loc. 944&945

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045858
MRDS ID M233700
Record type Site
Current site name Sam. Loc. 944&945

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.90503, 39.27883 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe 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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016E 063E 05 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification & Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.90503, 39.27883
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • ADITS NEAR SAM. LOC. 944 SEEM TO EXPLORE A LOW SE DIPPING REPLACED & SHEARED HORIZON IN LAMINATED, SLIGHTLY FETID. SANDY, GREY-BROWN XTALLINE LS MOST OF RK IS HIGHLY FRACTURED. SOME SILIC & SHOWS CALCITE VEINS. THE SHEARED RK. HAS FEOXS & CALCITE MIN. ON FRACTURES. THE RK ON THE DUMP IS MOSTLY SILIC LS WITH SM AMT. CUOXS & GALENA & SOME LS BRX CEMENTED WITH COARSE CALCITE. UP THE RD. IS A PROMINENT WHT. DUMP WHICH CAME FROM A 60 FT DEEP SHAFT. RK NEARBY IN OTCP. IS SILIC. JUGGY QTZ VEIN & SILIC LS. WITH RANDOM QTZ. VEINLETS FOUND ON DUMP. IN A PROSPECT JUST E OF THIS SHAFT A WELL EXPOSED N50E, 45NW SHEAR ZONE CUTS DK GREY LS. BRXINTION & REPLACED LS. IS EXPOSED ON THE HANGING WALL WHICH IS CUT BY A FEW SM. E-W FAULTS (SLICKS FOUND ON OTCP. ORIENTED E-W). SILIC & CALCITE VEINING ARE FOUND ON BOTH SIDES OF NE SHEAR. PODS OF CUOXDS. FOUND IN REPLACEMENT RK ON DUMP. CUOXS ALSO OCCUR IN CEMENTED OF LS BRX TIN QTZ VEIN ON DUMP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Robinson

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL SE STRIKING ADITS SEVERAL SM. PROSPECTS, 1 60 FT VERT SHAFT AND 1 15 FT DEEP SHAFT WITH WOOD FRAME & = 8 FT IN DIA. AT COLLAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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