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White Elephant Claims

Occurrence in Elko 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045949
MRDS ID M233848
Record type Site
Current site name White Elephant Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.83339, 41.73713 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Henry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackpot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 063E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS WILSON CLAIMS ON THE NE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.83339, 41.73713
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Plunge direction NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Veins, Faults, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1912

Mining district

District name Contact (48)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THESE 3 CLAIMS FOLLOW MINERAL-BEARING SYENITE DIKES IN THE GRANODIORITE. THE DIKES DIP NORTHWEST. ASSOCIATED WITH THEM IN PLACES ARE VEINS OR OTHER MINERAL DEPOSITS. ON THE WHITE ELEPHANT NO. 1 CLAIM IS A SMALL VEIN COMPOSED CHIEFLY OF COPPER CARBONATE (SCHRADER, 1912, P 129). LOCATION GIVEN FOR CLAIM 1, OTHERS TREND TO NE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEINS FOLLOW MINERALIZED DIKES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Weimer, Becky S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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