| Deposit ID | 10047356 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242644 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | NBMG Sample Site 2237 |
| Alternate or previous names | Copperhead |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.54017, 41.2571 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1804 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hobo Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Quinn(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 | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 039N | 031E | 18,17 | NE OF NE OF NE (18); NW OF NW OF NW (17) | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcanthite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLE 2237, CONTINUOUS ROCK CHIP FOR 3.2 FT OF BRECCIATED AND HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED QUARTZ VEINS BEARING CU MINERALS, CONTAINS 3% FE, 0.05% MG, 0.5% CA, 0.2% TI, 1000 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, + 10000 PPM AS, 100 PPM B, + 5000 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 20 PPM BI, 300 PPM CO, 20000 PPM CU, 7PPM MO, 70 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 5 PPM SC, 700 PPM SR, 70 PPM |
|---|
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Rock unit name | Happy Creek Volcanic Series |
| Rock description | Happy Creek Volcanic Series |
| (1) | Black Rock-Jackson Terrane - Basinal, island arc, carbonate, and volcanogenic rocks |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Jackson Mountains District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242644 |
USBM, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SUBSEQUENT SAMPLE ANALYSIS
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL.I.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BRECCIATED AND HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED QUARTZ VEINS IN VOLCANICS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-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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