Geologic information
Identification information
Deposit ID |
10044069 |
MRDS ID |
M231391 |
Record type |
Site |
Current site name |
Unnamed Manganese Prospect #1 |
Geographic coordinates
Geographic coordinates:
|
-117.06705, 40.62823 (WGS84)
|
Elevation |
1826 |
Relative position |
6 MILES WEST OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN |
(click for info) |
Geographic areas
Country |
State |
County |
United States |
Nevada |
Lander |
Public Land Survey System information
Meridian |
Township |
Range |
Section |
Fraction |
State |
Mount Diablo |
032N |
044E |
19 |
|
Nevada |
Comments on the location information
Commodities
Commodity |
Importance |
Manganese |
Primary |
Materials information
Materials |
Type of material |
Psilomelane |
Ore |
Pyrolusite |
Ore |
Mineral occurrence model information
Model code |
156 |
USGS model code |
25g |
Deposit model name |
Epithermal Mn |
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 |
Description |
Terms |
Regional |
Thrust Faults |
|
Local |
N-Trending Faults |
|
Controls for ore emplacement
Comments on the geologic information
- PSILOMELANE AND PYROLUSITE OCCUR IN N-TRENDING STRINGERS ALONG FAULT IN QUARTZITE