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Blue Lode

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045953
MRDS ID M233853
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Lode
Alternate or previous names Blue Lead

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.80672, 41.78102 (WGS84)
Relative position ADJOINS MAMMOTH GROUND ON THE WEST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Contact(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 063E 16,15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON BLUE LEAD CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ASSOCIATED SILICEOUS SYENITIC DIKES/DUMPS ASSAY ONLY 5% CU.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Contact (48)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nevada Copper Co.
    First year 1968

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 12.19M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT, SHAFT

Comments on development

  • FEE, PATENTED CLAIM

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 LODE, VEIN, ALONG INTRUSIVE CONTACT: DUMPS ASSAY ONLY 5% CU.
Deposit LODE IS 20 FEET WIDE ON THE GRANODIORITE-LIMESTONE CONTACT. IT IS OPENED BY A 40-FOOT CROSSCUT TUNNEL AND A 20-FOOT SHAFT. DUMPS ASSAY ONLY 5% CU (SCHRADER, 1912, P 126) MINERAL SURVEY NO. 4554. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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