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Unnamed Ag

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045917
MRDS ID M233810
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Ag

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.73168, 38.59773 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position = 50 MILES SOUTH OF ELY AND 45 MILES NORTH OF PIOCHE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milk Ranch Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
009N 065E 31;36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST NORTH OF CREST OF PATTERSON PASS IN THE SCHELL CREEK RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pole Canyon Limestone May Be Limestone Bed In Pioche Shale
    Rock description Pole Canyon Limestone May Be Limestone Bed In Pioche Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.73168, 38.59773
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Patterson Pass Fault (E-W Trending)

Ore body information

  • General form POD-IRREGULAR
    Strike N10-15W
    Dip 40-60NE
    Length 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear N10-15w 40-60ne, Contact (?)

Comments on the geologic information

  • ONE SHAFT EXPLORES THE SHARP N-S 77W CONTACT BETWEEN A RED SHALE AND GREY LIMESTONE. ONE SHAFT EXPLORES THE MAIN SHEAR ZONE AND THE OTHER SHAFT EXPLORES SECONDARY VEINING WHICH TRENDS N70W. VEIN MATERIAL QTZ AFTER CALCITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916

Mining district

District name Patterson; Patterson Pass; Cave Valley

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Union Carbide Was Exploring The Area In 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA: USGS BULL 648 214P

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECK BENTZ/SMITH, NBMG 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS AN IRREGULAR VEIN ALONG A SHEAR ZONE THAT EXHIBITS POST-MINERALIZATION MOVEMENT. AS SHEAR PINCHES OUT TO THE NORTH (MINERALIZED) CONTINUE ALONG STRIKE PODS AND VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Molinari, Mark P. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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