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Arch Canyon Prospects

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046552
MRDS ID M241733
Record type Site
Current site name Arch Canyon Prospects
Alternate or previous names Usbm Sample Localities #39, #40, And #41

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.1939, 38.84439 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arch Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 069E 11 PROJECTED FROM THE EAST Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTH FORK OF LEXINGTON CREEK ABOUT 2 MILES ABOVE ITS CONFLUENCE WITH THE NORTH FORK OF LEXINGTON CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SEE ATTACHED SAMPLE AND ASSAY DATA FOR USBM SAMPLE LOCALITIES #39-#48.

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 Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pole Canyon Limestone
    Rock description Pole Canyon Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.1939, 38.84439
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 15-45S
    Thickness 2.13M
    Length 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone (?), Brecciation (?)

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME GOSSAN STRUCTURE, FAULT GOUGE, LIMESTONE BRECCIA FOUND IN ADIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lexington (Lexington Canyon, Shoshone) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SMALL CUTS AND AN ADIT. WORKINGS ARE SMALL. A 10-FT ADIT, A 70-FT ADIT, 15-FT DECLINE, ORE STOCK PILE, PROSPECT PIT

Comments on development

  • PRODUCTION WAS PROBABLY SMALL OR NONE. SMALL RESOURCES INDICATED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 68-83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULPHIDES CONTAINING CU, PB, ZN AND AG ARE DISSEMINATED WITHIN THE QUARTZ VEIN WHICH OUTCROPS DISCONTINUOUSLY ALONG STRIKE FOR 300 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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