Cosmopolitan Claim

Occurrence in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037214
MRDS ID M031103
Record type Site
Current site name Cosmopolitan Claim
Related records 10221686

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.49028, 35.82583 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES WEST OF GOODSPRINGS.
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
024S 058E 29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH SIDE OF LAVINA WASH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.49028, 35.82583

Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Large Scale Overthrusts.
Local Shear Zone, Fault Along Which The Eastern Block Of The Keystone Thrust Is Dropped Several Hundred Feet.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 E
    Dip 85 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE MINERALS APPEAR TO HAVE COME FROM SILICIFIED SHEAR ZONE.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goodsprings

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M031103

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 111

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey