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Tri-Metallic Mining Co. Property

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046814
MRDS ID M242026
Record type Site
Current site name Tri-Metallic Mining Co. Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22147, 37.51189 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ralston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(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 005S 042E 13,14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 0.5 MILE WEST OF THE GOLDFIELD-MIDWAY-BULLFROG MINING CO. PROPERTY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Secondary Enrichment, Brecciation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mule Spring Limestone, Emigrant
    Rock description Mule Spring Limestone, Emigrant
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.22147, 37.51189
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Faults

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES, MASSES, "KIDNEYS"
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 2.74M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Shears, Joints

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cuprite District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR POCKETS, LENSES, BUNCHES, SEAMS; ONE LENS MEASURED 9 FT X 4 FT X 4 FT. 1900 LB ORE WAS REMOVED FROM ONE SUCH MASS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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