Geologic information
Identification information
Deposit ID |
10044655 |
MRDS ID |
M232205 |
Record type |
Site |
Current site name |
Unnamed Copper Occurrence #8 |
Geographic coordinates
Geographic coordinates:
|
-117.05288, 40.62962 (WGS84)
|
Elevation |
1722 |
Relative position |
6 MILES WEST 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 |
032N |
044E |
19 |
|
Nevada |
Comments on the location information
- NE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 OF SE 1/4 OF SEC. 19; 3/4 MI. N. OF COPPER QUEEN MINE
Commodities
Commodity |
Importance |
Copper |
Primary |
Materials information
Materials |
Type of material |
Malachite |
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) |
Pliocene |
|
Host or associated |
Host |
Rock type |
Plutonic Rock
> Granitoid
> Quartz Monzonite |
Geologic structures
Type |
Description |
Terms |
Regional |
Thrust Faults |
|
Local |
N-Trending Faults |
|
Controls for ore emplacement
Comments on the geologic information
- MALACHITE OCCURS IN A NNW-TRENDING FRACTURE IN QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY.