Crescent Peak, Porphyry copper prospect

Crescent Peak

Porphyry copper prospect in Nevada, United States

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	52
Tract name	Sierran Arc (003pCu9007)
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	United States
State or province	Nevada
Geographic location	-115.133333333, 35.483333333 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	-115.133333333, 35.483333333
Nearby data	List Map

Geologic information

Deposit type	Porphyry copper
Age (Ma)	94Ma
Age determination method	K-Ar
Age range	94 Ma
Age reference	Miller and Wooden (1993)
Minerals	azurite/malachite, bornite, chalcopyrite, molybdenite, pyrite, turquoise
Associated rocks	quartz monzonite porphyry, gneiss, schist, granite
Tectonic setting	mixed
Stratigraphic age	Late Cretaceous

Commodity and development information

Development status	Occurrence
Major commodities	Cu
Gold-Moly ratio	-9999

Reference information

Study area name	United States
References	Longwell and others (1965); Wendt and Albino (1992); Singer and others (2008)
Site reference	U.S. Geological Survey National Mineral Resource Assessment Team (2002)

Longwell, C.R. Pampeyan, E.H., Bowyer, B., and Roberts, R.J., 1965, Geology and mineral deposits of Clark County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines Bulletin 62, 218 p.

Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C., 2008, Porphyry copper deposits of the worldDatabase and grade and tonnage models, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155, [45] p. and digital data, accessed December 31, 2013, at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1155/.

Wendt, C.J., and Albino, G.V., 1992, Porphyry copper and related occurrences in Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Map 100, 8 p. and 1 plate.