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Tasha-Me 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050790
MRDS ID N000125
Record type Site
Current site name Tasha-Me Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site#3415 & #3416.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.99351, 39.7535 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite Peak(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 27 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Jarosite Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Limonite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.99351, 39.7535
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULT ZONE CONSISTS OF BRECCIATED QUARTZ, GOUGE, & SERICITIZED WALLROCK (QUARTZ DIORITE). OUTSIDE THE 1M MINERALIZED ZONE THE WALLROCK IS FRESH EXCEPT FOR A FEW NARROW K-FELDSPAR ENVELOPES ALONG FRACTURES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Freds Mtn ?

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Michael Robbins And Edward Kusal, Reno
    First year 1984

Comments on the workings information

  • A SW-TRENDING SHORT ADIT (WITH LOCKED DOOR) MAY INTERSECT A FAULT ZONE ON THE HILLSIDE ABOVE. (ADIT MAY BE A POWDER HOUSE). POSSIBLY OTHER MINOR WORKINGS UP CANYON TO THE WEST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., SAMPLE SITE #3415 &#3416, VISIT DEC.2 & DEC.3, 1986

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A N40W FAULT ZONE DIPPING 90 DEGREES, CAN BE TRACED 125M AND IS APPROX. 1M WIDE IN ONE EXPOSURE.
Deposit NBMG SAMPLE #3415 IS SELECT VEIN QUARTZ AND IRON-STAINED QUARTZ DIORITE FROM DUMP OF THE LOCKED DOOR ADIT. NBMG SAMPLE#3416 IS SELECT QUARTZ VEIN MATTER WITH LIMONITE, MALACHITE, JAROSITE, AND SPARSE COPPER PITCH.

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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