Geologic information
Identification information
| Deposit ID |
10044067 |
| MRDS ID |
M231389 |
| Record type |
Site |
| Current site name |
Unnamed Copper Occurrence #7 |
Geographic coordinates
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Geographic coordinates:
|
-117.07039, 40.65934 (WGS84)
|
| Elevation |
1646 |
| Relative position |
6 MILES WEST OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN |
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Geographic areas
| Country |
State |
County |
| United States |
Nevada |
Humboldt |
Public Land Survey System information
| Meridian |
Township |
Range |
Section |
Fraction |
State |
| Mount Diablo |
032N |
044E |
07 |
|
Nevada |
Comments on the location information
- NW 1/4 OF SW 1/4 OF SEC. 07
Commodities
| Commodity |
Importance |
| Copper |
Primary |
| Iron |
Primary |
Materials information
| Materials |
Type of material |
| Malachite |
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 |
Metamorphic Rock
> Metasedimentary Rock
> Quartzite |
| Rock unit name |
Harmony Formation |
| Rock description |
Harmony Formation |
Geologic structures
| Type of structure |
Regional |
| Structure description |
Thrust Faults |
Ore body information
| General form |
TABULAR |
| Strike |
N-S |
| Dip |
90 |
Controls for ore emplacement
- Fractures Paralleling Dike
Comments on the geologic information
- MALACHITE AND PYRITE IN GOSSAN THAT PARALLELS A N-STRIKING DIKE
