Codd Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098583
MRDS ID M231450
Record type Site
Current site name Codd Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.1432, 40.77517 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woody Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 034E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OUTCROPS OF CODD ORE BODIES WERE OF GOOD GRADE, AND SOME ORE ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 1 % W03 REMAINS ON MINE DUMPS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Stank Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mill City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MINE CONSISTS OF DO OLD SHAFT AND ADIT MOST OF THE ORE WAS REMOVED THROUGH THE STANK WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CODD MINE CONSISTS OF AN OLD SHAFT AND ADIT. LITTLE ORE WAS MINED THROUGH THESE, MOST ORE HAVING BEEN REMOVED THROUGH THE LOWER STANK WORKINGS. THE CODD MINE IS ON THE STANK BED ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE STANK MINE. SOUTH OF THE CODD THE STANK BED IS CUT AND OFFSET BY THE STANK FAULT. THE CODD IS PART OF THE SAME BELT AS THE HUMBOLDT, SPRINGER AND STANK MINES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-AUG-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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