Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans | |
Esmeralda | county |
Nevada | state |
United States | country |
North America | continent |
Land | continent |
Map quadrangles, from USGS or Canadian NTS | |
Silver Peak | quadrangle 1:24,000 scale |
Goldfield | quadrangle 1:100,000 scale |
Goldfield | quadrangle 1:250,000 scale |
Watershed boundaries (USGS hydrologic units) | |
Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys | hydrologic unit |
Central Nevada Desert Basins | hydrologic accounting unit |
Central Nevada Desert Basins | hydrologic subregion |
Great Basin | hydrologic region |
Unit | State | Lithology |
---|---|---|
Crossbedded quartzite, siltstone, and phyllite | NV | Lower Cambrian and latest Proterozoic |
Older felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks | NV | Jurassic |
Alluvium, undifferentiated | NV | Holocene and Pleistocene |
Quartzite, siltstone, conglomerate, limestone, and dolomite | NV | Late Proterozoic |
ID | Data type | Description |
---|---|---|
Western Nevada | M-Dz | Western Nevada 26457 line km with spacing 1.60 km over parts of NV-CA |
Goldfield | M/R-D | Goldfield 5182 line km with spacing 4.80 km over parts of NV-CA |
Tract | Deposit Type | Mineralization age |
---|---|---|
GB30 | Sediment-hosted Au | Phanerozoic |
GB08 | Porphyry Cu | Cretaceous |
GB23 | Epithermal vein, Comstock | Tertiary |
GB26 | Epithermal vein, quartz-alunite | Tertiary |
GB28 | Hot-spring Au-Ag | Tertiary |
GB05 | Skarn Au, truncated | Mesozoic - Tertiary |
GB02 | Skarn Cu | Mesozoic - Tertiary |
GB15 | Polymetallic replacement + skarn Zn-Pb | Mesozoic - Tertiary |
GB10 | Porphyry Cu | Jurassic |
GB09 | Porphyry Cu | Tertiary |
GB18 | Distal disseminated Ag-Au | Mesozoic - Tertiary |
Domain | Crust type | Region |
---|---|---|
Mojave | Lateral-extensional orogen | Central and Southwest |
Sample ID | Date collected | Sample type |
---|---|---|
5157532 | 1980-04-24 | Stream sediment sample from dry stream, sieved to less than 149 microns (-100 mesh), and dried (if necessary) at less than or equal to 110øC. |
Site name | Development | Commodities |
---|---|---|
Black Warrior Mine | Producer | AG AU CU PB SB |
Black Warrior Mine | Past Producer | AG CU PB |
Western Soldier | Occurrence | AU |
Tract name | Deposit type | Geology |
---|---|---|
Cascade Arc | porphyry copper | U.S. part of a continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Pacific and Juan de Fuca plates beneath western North America |
Great Basin Tertiary | porphyry copper | Mid-Tertiary volcanic fields associated with postsubduction extension in the Great Basin |
Sierran Arc | porphyry copper | A composite island-continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath western North America |
Western U.S. and Sonoran Desert Jurassic Arc | porphyry copper | U.S. and Mexican parts of a composite island-continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath western North America |