Geologic information
Identification information
Deposit ID |
10044005 |
MRDS ID |
M231319 |
Record type |
Site |
Current site name |
Copper Glance Mine |
Geographic coordinates
Geographic coordinates:
|
-117.034, 40.63879 (WGS84)
|
Elevation |
1600 |
Relative position |
5 MILES WEST OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN |
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Geographic areas
Country |
State |
County |
United States |
Nevada |
Lander |
Public Land Survey System information
Meridian |
Township |
Range |
Section |
Fraction |
State |
Mount Diablo |
032N |
044E |
21,20 |
|
Nevada |
Comments on the location information
- 1 1/2 MILES N. OF DUVAL'S COPPER BASIN OPEN PIT MINE
Commodities
Commodity |
Importance |
Copper |
Primary |
Iron |
Tertiary |
Materials information
Materials |
Type of material |
Chrysocolla |
Ore |
Copper |
Ore |
Pyrite |
Ore |
Mineral occurrence model information
Model code |
85 |
USGS model code |
22c |
Deposit model name |
Polymetallic veins |
Mark3 model number |
46 |
Host and associated rocks
Host or associated |
Associated |
Rock type |
Plutonic Rock
> Granitoid
> Quartz Monzonite |
Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Pliocene |
Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Late Cambrian |
Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Late Cambrian |
|
Host or associated |
Host |
Rock type |
Sedimentary Rock
> Clastic Sedimentary Rock
> Sandstone |
Rock unit name |
Harmony Formation |
Rock description |
Harmony Formation |
Geologic structures
Type |
Description |
Terms |
Regional |
Thrust Faults |
|
Local |
N-Trending And Nw- Trending Faults |
|
Ore body information
General form |
TABULAR |
Dip |
N50-60NW |
Depth to top |
0M
|
Controls for ore emplacement
- Brecciation, Fracture Zones
Comments on the geologic information
- PRINCIPAL OREBODY LIES AT SURFACE WHERE BROKEN SHALE CONTAINS CU MINERALS BETWEEN FRAGMENTS