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Nw Hungry Mountain Copper Prospects

Occurrence 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. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055084
MRDS ID RE00022
Record type Site
Current site name Nw Hungry Mountain Copper Prospects
Alternate or previous names Copper Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.79907, 39.75989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1660

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
Mount Diablo 22N 19E 24 SW OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM TAKEN ON ADIT SYMBOL ON BEDELL FLAT (1980) 7.5' TOPO. SITE LOCATED ON THIS MAP BY HAL BONHAM (8 OCT/91) AS THE LOCATION OF THE PROSPECTS DESCRIBED IN BONHAM (1969) REFERENCE. LATITUDE/LONGITUDE GIVEN BY JOHN (1991) IS INCORRECT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BONHAM (1969) STATES, "COPPER MINERALIZATION IS SPORADIC AND LOW-GRADE...(AND) APPEARS TO BE NONECONOMIC."

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) "Little Altered" According To Bonham

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Zones

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spanish Springs Valley

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHORT ADITS, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA, NBMG BULLETIN 70, P.93 AND PLATE 2 (SITE 64)

  • Deposit

    JOHN, D. A., AND SHERLOCK, M.G., 1991, MAP SHOWING MINES AND PROSPECTS IN THE RENO 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA, USGS MF-2154-B, SITE # A16

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCATTERED COPPER PROSPECTS, INCLUDING THIS ONE, ARE LOCATED ON THE NW FLANK OF HUNGRY MT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1990 Marcus, Susan U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Marcus, Susan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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