| Deposit ID | 10047282 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242559 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper King #1 Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | NBMG Sample Site 2407 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.50463, 40.83905 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1631 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Washoe(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Big Sawmill Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Gerlach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Smoke Creek Desert(hydrologic unit)
Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Washoe |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 034N | 022E | 16,17 | NW OF NW OF NW (16); NE OF NE OF NE (17) | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLE 2407 OF GRANODIORITE WITH CU OXIDES CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.7% MG, 0.5% CA, 0.1% TI, 500 PPM MN, 1 PPM AG, 50 PPM B, 3000 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 20 PPM CO, 15000 PPM CU, 7 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 200 PPM SR, 20 PPM V, 50 PPM ZR. |
|---|
| Model code | 59 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18b |
| Deposit model name | Skarn Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 8 |
| 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 | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| (1) | -119.50463, 40.83905 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Deephole District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | E. Chapel And D. Stultz |
| First year | 1981 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242559 |
BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1969, NBMG BULL 70.
JONES, R.B., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 7-8-84.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SMALL (50FT X 200+FT) PENDANT OF SCHISTOSE HORNFELS ENGULFED BY GRANODIORITE. ABUNDANT CU OXIDES ALONG FRACTURES IN BOTH ROCK TYPES. MINOR ALTERATION ALONG HORNFELS/GRANODIORITE CONTACT-MAINLY BLEACHING. OPEN CUT ABOVE ROAD CUT SHOWS PLENTIFUL COPPER OXIDES. MOST OF THE MINERALIZATION APPEARS TO BE IN THE GRANODIORITE ALONG CONTACT, AND MOST OFIT SEEMS TO BE ALONG THE NORTH CONTACT ZONE. ALSO WHITE PE-STAINED QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL LYING AROUND ON SURFACE-NONE APPARENT IN PLACE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1985 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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