| Deposit ID | 10047554 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242918 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pyramid Lake Copper Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Blizzard Camp |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.50018, 40.11406 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Washoe(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pyramid SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)
Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Washoe |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 026N | 022E | 22 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Hessite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Scapolite | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | -119.50018, 40.11406 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1985 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242918 |
TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON THE KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 SCALE MAP AREA.
SATKOSKI, J.J. AND BERG, A.W., 1982, FIELD INVENTORY OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PYRAMID LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION, USBM, 1982 : REPORT BIA NO. 38-II.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1980'S |
| Deposit | SULFIDES OCCUR IN VEINS AND SHEAR ZONES IN DIORITE PORPHYRY WHICH HAS BEEN METAMORPHOSED BY INTRUSION OF A MID-CRETACEOUS QUARTZ MONZONITE. MOLYBDENITE ASSOCIATED WITH CHALCOPYRITE WAS FOUND IN ONE VEIN; HESSITE (A SILVER TELLURIDE MINERAL) WAS IDENTIFIED IN ONE SAMPLE OF CHALCOCITE . IN TWO AREAS, SULFIDES ARE DIASSEMINATED AND ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BIOTITE, K-FELDSPAR AND MAGNETITE IN FOLIATED DIORITE PORPHYRY . |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1988 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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