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Basalt prospect, Copper Valley Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 0' 18'' North , 118° 49' 37'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Lovelock1,878 (2017)35.8km
Wadsworth834 (2011)56.9km
Fernley19,418 (2017)57.1km
Mindat Locality ID:
58105
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:58105:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Sec 27 T25N R28E
Deposit: A little scheelite occurs in garnet- epidote tactite explored by magnetometer survey and 13 wagon drill holes. Several pods of massive magnetite occur in folded limestone near contacts with small diorite intrusions. Magnetite pods are associated with a garnet-epidote tactite that contains some scheelite. Mineralized zone trends NE and is 100 to 200 feet wide, but the mineralization is not continuous along strike, and barren zones exist between Fe-oxide veins in the diorite intrusions. ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 2 unpub rept; 3 field observ

Development: Explored by magnetometer survey and 13 wagon drill holes

Geology: Small dikes of late tertiary to early quaternary basalt cut the contact between limestone & diorite in area near the iron deposits.

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Scheelite7.GA.05Ca(WO4)
Group 9 - Silicates
Epidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Unclassified
'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3

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HHydrogen
H Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
OOxygen
O Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O ScheeliteCa(WO4)
O Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
AlAluminium
Al Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
SiSilicon
Si Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
CaCalcium
Ca Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Ca ScheeliteCa(WO4)
FeIron
Fe Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
WTungsten
W ScheeliteCa(WO4)

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