| Deposit ID | 10045972 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233874 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Shield |
| Alternate or previous names | Effie Fay |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.79033, 41.76769 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ON SE FLANK OF TABLE TOP MT. |
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)
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Elko |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 045N | 064E;063E | 19,30;24,25 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -114.79033, 41.76769 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | STEEPLYS |
| Width | 60.96M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1912 |
| District name | Contact (48) |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Copper Shield Copper Co. |
| First year | 1912 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233874 |
SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45
HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779
SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A.
SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497.
SMITH, R.M., (1976)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ALASKITE DIKES |
| Deposit | IN 1930, J. GERARDET HAD DRIVEN A CROSSCUT TUNNEL 300 FEET LONG ON THESE CLAIMS. THERE ARE SEVERAL ALASKITE DIKES ON THE PROPERTY, ONE OF WHICH IS 200 FT. WIDE. THE DIKES ARE MINERALIZED AT SEVERAL PLACES. THIS AREA IS WITHIN THE GRANODIORITE MASS BETWEEN CONTACT AND THE WEST CONTACT AREA (SCHRADER, 1935, P 37) GROUP CONSISTS OF 11 CLAIMS (SCHRADER, 1912, P 133) MINERAL SURVEY NO. 4554 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1979 | Weimer, Becky S. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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