Geologic information
Identification information
Deposit ID |
10044012 |
MRDS ID |
M231327 |
Record type |
Site |
Current site name |
Dead Horse Mine |
Geographic coordinates
Geographic coordinates:
|
-117.13901, 40.54407 (WGS84)
|
Elevation |
1966 |
Relative position |
13 MILES SW 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 |
031N |
043E |
21 |
|
Nevada |
Comments on the location information
- JUST SOUTH OF ELKO-LANDER PROSPECT
Commodities
Commodity |
Importance |
Gold |
Primary |
Silver |
Primary |
Materials information
Materials |
Type of material |
Gold |
Ore |
Silver |
Ore |
Host and associated rocks
Host or associated |
Associated |
Rock type |
Plutonic Rock
> Granitoid
> Quartz Monzonite |
Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Pliocene |
Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Pennsylvanian |
|
Host or associated |
Host |
Rock type |
Sedimentary Rock
> Chemical Sediment
> Chert |
Geologic structures
Type |
Description |
Terms |
Regional |
Golconda Thrust Fault |
|
Local |
N-S Trending Faults, E-W Trending Faults |
|
Ore body information
General form |
TABULAR |
Strike |
N |
Dip |
W |
Controls for ore emplacement
- Bedding Shears In Chert, Crushed Zone
Comments on the geologic information
- CRUSHED ZONE ALONG SHEARS CONTAINS POCKETS OF GOLD-SILVER ORE