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Unnamed Prospect

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050789
MRDS ID N000122
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site # 3412

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.84823, 39.78822 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bedell Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Honey-Eagle Lakes(hydrologic unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
22N 19E 09 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite & Phyllic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.84823, 39.78822
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N8W
    Dip 40 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPARSE COPPER STAIN (MALACHITE) OCCURS IN AN AREA OF PHYLLIC ALTERATION OR METAMORPHISM (SERICITE) IN LIGHT GRAY META-ANDESITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Freds Mountain

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER CUT, VERY SMALL PIT, SHALLOW DRILL HOLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., NBMG SAMPLE SITE #3412 , VISITED DEC. 1, 1986

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NBMG SAMPLE# 3412 COLLECTED OF MALACHITE-STAINED SERICITIZED META-ANDESITE.
Deposit 20M WIDE SERICITIZED ZONE IN THE FOOTWALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1986 Garside, L. J. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

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