Geologic information
Identification information
| Deposit ID |
10044048 |
| MRDS ID |
M231367 |
| Record type |
Site |
| Current site name |
Oriole Claims |
| Alternate or previous names |
Yellow Boy Claims |
Geographic coordinates
|
Geographic coordinates:
|
-117.12484, 40.55351 (WGS84)
|
| Elevation |
2027 |
| Relative position |
12 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 |
15 |
|
Nevada |
Comments on the location information
- ON DIVIDE BETWEEN COPPER CANYON AND GALENA CANYON
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
> Mafic Intrusive Rock
> Diorite |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Pliocene |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Pliocene |
|
| Host or associated |
Host |
| Rock type |
Plutonic Rock
> Mafic Intrusive Rock
> Diorite |
| Rock unit name |
Battle Formation |
| Rock description |
Battle Formation |
| Host or associated |
Host |
| Rock type |
Sedimentary Rock
> Clastic Sedimentary Rock
> Conglomerate |
Geologic structures
| Type |
Description |
Terms |
| Regional |
Dewitt Thrust Fault |
|
| Local |
N-S Trending Faults |
|
Ore body information
| General form |
TABULAR |
| Strike |
N20W |
| Dip |
60-90W |
Controls for ore emplacement
