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Sam Loc. 715

Occurrence in White Pine 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045859
MRDS ID M233701
Record type Site
Current site name Sam Loc. 715

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.06893, 39.35132 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Riepetown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hamilton(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)

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 017N 061E 11 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.06893, 39.35132
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHAFT BEGINS IN ALLUVIUM, BUT RK. ON DUMP IS MOSTLY A GREY-BROWN FINE-GRNED. SILTY LS WITH SCATTERED FOSSIL FRAGS. SOME OF THE RK. IS CUT BY SILIC VEINLETS & COARSER CALCITE VEINS. SOM BRX ON DUMP WITH PEBBLE SIZE LS. FRAGS. CEMENTED WITH CALCITE SM AMT. FE & LIMONITE. MINOR AMT. OF BLEACHED & SILIC. OF LS. NOTED. ROCK SAMPLE DESCRIPTION: GRE-BROWN SILTY LS. WITH FEW CRINOID? FRAGS CUT BY FINE SILIC. VEINLETS & COARSER CALCITE VEINS. SOME BRECCIA CEMENTED WITH CALCITE & SOME FRACTURED RK. SM AMT. FE & MN STAINS.

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

  • 1 SHAFT = 30 FT DEEP WITH WOOD FRAME AROUND COLLAR. SEVERAL PROSPECTS IN VICINITY.

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

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