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Look Out Mine

Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046725
MRDS ID M241927
Record type Site
Current site name Look Out Mine
Alternate or previous names Pigskin and Worthless Claims, Good Hope Mine?, NBMG Sample Site 1283

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.92982, 37.59744 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Garden Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 036E 13 CENTER OF N2 OF N2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Poleta
    Rock description Poleta
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.92982, 37.59744
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Microfractures And Shears Cut Dikes

Ore body information

  • Strike N W
    Dip NEAR VERTICLE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mafic Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDDING IS NEAR VERTICLE, LOT BY CALCITE FRACTURE FILLING AND MINOR QUARTZ VENLETS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Good Hope (White Wolf) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT FENCED OFF, LEACHING PONDS, ABUNDANT SURFACE WORKINGS., MILL; SMALL, COMPACT OPERATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL. 78, PL. 2

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, SEPT. 25, 1982.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND DIKE IS SHARP, ALMOST AS IF FISSURE FILLING. ASSOCIATED WITH DIKE ARE HEAVE FE-MN STAINS, DENSE GOSSAN ZONES, MINOR CO MINERALS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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