Deposit with commodities copper, gold
More information at and near this site: Re-NV00125
| Feature ID | Re-Mo00360 |
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| Geographic coordinates | -115.030916, 39.2632 |
| 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)
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| Commodities | copper; gold |
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| Valuable materials | chrysocolla; chalcopyrite; gold; chalcocite (1) |
| Associated materials | quartz; magnetite; goethite; hematite; jarosite; pyrite |
| Age of mineralization | 111-109 Ma (2) |
| Host rock age | Pennsylvanian; Permian; Cretaceous |
| Host unit name | Ely Formation; Riepe Springs Limestone; Rib Hill Sandstone |
| Host lithologies | limestone; sandstone; quartz monzonite porphyry |
| Alteration | oxidized; silicified |
| Reference | Maher, D., 1993, Thesis Study of Veteran Extension: Geological Society of Nevada, Elko Chapter Summer 1993 Field Trip Guidebook, Special Publication Number 17, p. 65-75. |
| Additional references | (1) Bauer and others (1966); (2) Singer and others (2008) |
| Type | Model | Reference |
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| 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. |
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| Geologic map unit | -115.030916, 39.2632 |
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