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