Geologic information
Identification information
Deposit ID |
10043998 |
MRDS ID |
M231312 |
Record type |
Site |
Current site name |
Chase Mine |
Geographic areas
Country |
State |
County |
United States |
Nevada |
Lander |
Public Land Survey System information
Meridian |
Township |
Range |
Section |
Fraction |
State |
Mount Diablo |
032N |
044E |
29 |
|
Nevada |
Comments on the location information
- 900 FT. NW OF SWEET MARIE MINE
Commodities
Commodity |
Importance |
Copper |
Primary |
Gold |
Secondary |
Materials information
Materials |
Type of material |
Chalcocite |
Ore |
Copper |
Ore |
Host and associated rocks
Host or associated |
Associated |
Rock type |
Plutonic Rock
> Granitoid
> Quartz Monzonite |
Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Pliocene |
Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Pliocene |
|
Host or associated |
Host |
Rock type |
Plutonic Rock
> Granitoid
> Monzonite |
Host or associated |
Host |
Rock type |
Metamorphic Rock
> Hornfels |
Rock unit name |
Harmony Formation |
Rock description |
Harmony Formation |
Host or associated |
Host |
Rock type |
Sedimentary Rock
> Clastic Sedimentary Rock
> Sandstone |
Geologic structures
Type |
Description |
Terms |
Regional |
Dewitt Thrust Fault |
|
Local |
Chase Fault |
|
Ore body information
General form |
TABULAR TO IRREGULAR |
Strike |
N60W |
Dip |
NE |
Controls for ore emplacement
Comments on the geologic information
- NEAR-SURFACE ORE IS COPPER CARBONATE, GIVING WAY TO CHALCOCITE AT DEPTH. (ORE IS IN FAULT ZONE)