| Deposit ID | 10098584 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231471 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cottonwood Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.14903, 40.41683 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2042 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Congress Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 029N | 034E | 03 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Rochester Rhyolite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Rochester Rhyolite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Prida Formation |
| Rock description | Prida Formation |
| (1) | -118.14903, 40.41683 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Fracture Zone |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Unionville District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231471 |
CAMERON, 1939, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE NE HUMBOLDT RANGE, NEVADA; GSA BULL. 50 NO. 4
BONHAM, H. F., JR., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF UNIONVILLE DISTRICT.
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE OCCURS NEAR SURFACE, DECREASING WITH DEPTH |
| Deposit | DEPOSIT SIMILAR TO THAT OF GOVENOR BRADLEY MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1986 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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