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Bruno #1

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045893
MRDS ID M233768
Record type Site
Current site name Bruno #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.94948, 39.53715 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steptoe Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(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 019N 062E 01 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hamburg Formation
    Rock description Hamburg Formation

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOWER SHAFT IS IN REXTALLIZED LIGHT GREY TO WHITE MOTTLED LIMESTONE WITH FE STAINED VEINLETS/PODS OF WHITE CALCITE (= 1IN ACROSS) ON NORTH SIDE OF PORTAL IS AN OXIDIZED & SHEARED ZONE = 1-2 FT WIDE STRIKING N20W & DIP 40W (SW). RK ON DUMP IS REXTALLIZED LIMESTONE & ABUNDANT MN RICH, OXIDIZED GOSSAN. UPPER ADIT IS IN FRACTURED PINKISH BROWN (WEATH) XTALLINE LIMESTONE WITH NUMEROUS CALCITE PODS & IRREGULAR VEINING. LOW LYING OXD FRACTURES CUT LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Granite

Comments on the workings information

  • RECENT FLAGGING IN CANYON. NEW CLAIM STAKE WITH ORANGE. FLAGGING ON DUMP.

Comments on development

  • 1 S75W INCLINED SHAFT WITH LADDER. ABOVE IT A N60W 5FT TALL, 4FT WIDE ADIT IN LIMESTONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

Reporter information

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

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