Little Dallas 4 Group

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045964
MRDS ID M233865
Record type Site
Current site name Little Dallas 4 Group
Alternate or previous names Ivy Wilson Group, Sue Group.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.84062, 41.73574 (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 044N 063E 04 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Copper Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Garnet Gangue

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.84062, 41.73574

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DISSEMINATED CHALCOPYRITE AND MOLYBDENITE IN LENSES OF HARDIE QUARTZITE & LIME

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Contact (48)

Comments on the workings information

  • 50-FOOT CROSSCUT TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • 5 CLAIMS

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.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATED CHALCOPYRITE AND MOLYBDENITE IN LENSES OF HARDER QUARTZITE AND LIME
Deposit THIS GROUP OF 5 CLAIMS BOUNDS THE IVY WILSON (OR SUE) GROUP ON ITS SOUTHERN EDGE. A 50-FOOT CROSSCUT SULFIB TUNNEL ON L. DALLAS CLAIM 4. MAP LOCATION OF L. DALLAS 4 GIVEN ; 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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