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Electric, Levy and Fissure Patent Claim

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Tungsten
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095752
MRDS ID M242476
Record type Site
Current site name Electric, Levy and Fissure Patent Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.54203, 37.93105 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weepah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 039E 13,24,PROJECTED,FROM,SOUTH Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silication

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
    Rock unit name Wyman Formation
    Rock description Wyman
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.54203, 37.93105
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Length 6M
    Width 2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding, Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain District; Weepah District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • M.S. 4716, PATENTED CLAIM LOCATED IN 1900, 1902, PATENTED IN 1930 BY W.A. STARR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY,J.V. 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION

  • Deposit

    ALBERS,J.P. AND STEWART,J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR. 83-8, 83-11, 1983.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GARNET LENSES IN SMALL LIMESTONE MEMBER, GARNET REPLACEMENT ALONG BEDDING. SOME SCHEELITE REPORTED TO BE PRESENT; MINOR CU STAINING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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