Deposit with commodities copper, molybdenum
More information at and near this site: Re-NV00125
| Feature ID | Re-Mo00357 |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates | -114.971239, 39.25806 |
| Point definition | Approximate center of polygon |
| Polygon definition | Copper deposit |
| Reference | Hardy and others (2009); Figure 9.1 Date: 2009; Scale: Medium (1:24,000-1:250,000)
|
| Commodities | copper; molybdenum |
|---|---|
| Valuable materials | chalcopyrite; molybdenite; bornite; chalcocite; digenite |
| Associated materials | quartz; chalcedony; pyrite; pyrrhotite; magnetite; actinolite; calcite |
| Mineralization style | blanket; dissemiated |
| Age of mineralization | 111-109 Ma (1) |
| Host rock age | Mississippian; Pennsylvanian; Early Creatceous |
| Host unit name | Chainman Shale; Ely Limestone |
| Host lithologies | limestone; shale; quartz monzonite |
| Alteration | argillic; propylitic; biotite-orthoclase; potassic; quartz-sericite; oxidized; silicification; potassic; sericitized |
| Reference | Westra, G., 1982, Alteration and Mineralization in the Ruth Porphyry Copper Deposit near Ely, Nevada: Economic Geology, Volume 77, p. 950-970. |
| Additional references | (1) Singer and others (2008) |
| Type | Model | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Deposit model | Porphyry Cu | Singer, D.A., Mosier, D.L., and Cox, D.P., 1986, Grade and Tonnage Model of Porphyry Cu in Cox, D.P., and Singer, D.A., 1986, Mineral deposit models: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1693, p. 77-81. |
| Geoenvironmental model | Porphyry Cu | du Bray, E.A., 1995, ed., Preliminary compilation of descriptive geoenvironmental mineral deposit models: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-831, 272 p. |
| Date | Description | Class | Type | Material | Contained | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | Ore | Proven | ore | copper | 124,800,000 | pounds |
| 1905: Ore, Proven | |
|---|---|
| Year of estimate | 1905 |
| Resource description | Ore |
| Resource classification | Proven |
| Material | copper |
| Material type | ore |
| Material amount | 2,400,000 |
| Amount units | tons |
| Grade | 2.6 |
| Grade units | percent |
| Contained commodity | 124,800,000 |
| Contained commodity units | pounds |
| Material amount SI | 2,200,000 |
| Material amount SI units | metric tons |
| Grade SI | 2.6 |
| Grade SI units | percent |
| Contained commodity SI | 56,610 |
| Contained commodity SI units | metric tons |
| Short reference | Spencer (1917)Page 157 |
| Reference | Spencer, A.C., 1917, The Geology and Ore Deposits of Ely, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 96, 189 p. |
| Dates | Status | Detail | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 to 1901 | Discovery | The body of porphyry ore covered by the Ruth and adjacent claims appears to have been discovered in 1901 | Spencer (1917) |
| (click for info) | |
| Geologic map unit | -114.971239, 39.25806 |
|---|---|
| Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |