| Lat / long: | 38.51159, -118.10317 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Tertiary: | Iron |
| Ore: | Hematite |
| Orebody form: | DISSEMINATED, IRREGULAR |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Contact Metasomatic |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Host type: | Limestone |
| Associated type: | Monzonite |
| Structure: | Volcano Peak Normal Fault Strikes N 40 W And Dips Sw - Mineralized; Champion Normal Fault Strikes E-W And Dips South - No Valuable Ore Has Been Found In Footwall Of This Fault |
| Alteration processes: | The Orebodies Are Largely Copper Carbonates And Oxides. They Appear As Pods Or Irreg. Masses In The Shear Zone.Silicification Also. |
| MRDS | M035573 |
| DEP | 10037586 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: CLARK, CLIFTON, W., 1922 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., UNIV OF CAL. PRESS, VOL. 14 , NO. 1}{Deposit:: COUCH, CARPENTER, 1943 , NEVAD* METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION ( 1859 - 1940 ), UNIV. OF NEV. BULL., VOL. 27 , NO. 4}{Deposit:: TELLURIDE CLAIMS, SANTE FE MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 4-9-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED DISTRICT MINING FILES (TINGLEY FILES).}{Production:: COUCH AND CARPENTER F ( 2 )} |
| Reporter | Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.), Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) |