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Open-Cut Prospect

Occurrence in Carson City 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092956
MRDS ID N000131
Record type Site
Current site name Open-Cut Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 3603

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.81878, 39.15879 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carson City(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carson City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Carson City

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
15N 19E 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THERE IS NO ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY UNLESS ONE WALKS FROM PREMIER MINE SITE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.81878, 39.15879
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Marble

Comments on the geologic information

  • DISCORDANT AND BEDDING PLANE QUARTZ VEINS IN LIMESTONE AND SCHIST. THE LIMESTONE IS MARBLIZED AND BADLY FRACTURED. THERE ARE NO VISIBLY INTRUSIVE ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Voltaire

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN-CUT WITH PROSPECTS AND PITS ABOVE AND TO THE WEST

Comments on development

  • UNKNOWN ; ECON.COM: UNKNOWN BUT THOUGHT TO BE A PART OF THE PREMIER MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, VOLTAIRE MINING DISTRICT, CARSON CITY COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 4-27-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED DISTRICT MINING FILES (TINGLEY FILES))

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1989 Quade, Jack (Doebrich, Jeff) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus,S. ( Doebrich,Jeff) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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