Silver Canyon Lode (Desting Tunnel), Cherry Creek District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 39° 57' 36'' North , 114° 52' 43'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 39.96021,-114.87865 |
GeoHash: | G#: 9rn73fecj |
KΓΆppen climate type: | BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate |
Development: Recent claim staking, recent road clearing
Geology: Grey & white crystalline marble on the dump contain drusy crystal of sulfindes in jugs & along fractures. Limestone exposed in portal of old tunnel is lt. Grey, thin-bedded, overlies quartzite unit, units strike n20w, dip 50sw.
Ore(s): Along Fractures
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β 'Limestone' Reference: U.S. Geological Survey (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
β 'Marble' Reference: U.S. Geological Survey (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
β 'commodity:Silver' Formula: Ag Reference: |
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Regional Geology
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Quaternary - Miocene 0 - 23.03 Ma ID: 3185380 | Cenozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Cenozoic (0 - 23.03 Ma) Lithology: Sedimentary rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
Cambrian 485.4 - 541 Ma ID: 2795003 | Carbonate Shelf Sequence - Dolomite, limestone, and shale Age: Cambrian (485.4 - 541 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Bonanza King Formation; Carrara Formation; Dunderberg Shale; Hamburg Dolomite; Nopah Formation; Pioche Shale; Patterson Pass Shale; Chisholm Shale; Highland Peak Formation; Lyndon Limestone; Pole Canyon Limestone; Lincoln Peak Formation; Windfall Formation Description: Occurs in southern and eastern Nevada. The Bonanza King and Carrara Formations are the primary formations in southern Nye County; the Dunderberg Shale in northern Nye and Lincoln Counties; the Hamburg Dolomite in Eureka County; the Nopah Formation in southern Nye and Esmeralda Counties; the Patterson Pass and Pioche Shales, the Chisholm and Highland Peak Formations, and the Lyndon Limestone in Lincoln County; the Pole Canyon Limestone and the Lincoln Peak and Windfall Formations in northern Nye County; and undifferentiated limestone and dolomite in Lincoln, Clark, White Pine, Eureka, northern Nye, and Elko Counties. This unit is conformably overlain by the Ordovician shelf rocks (OCc), and is depositional on the underlying Proterozoic-Cambrian quartzite of CZq. Comments: Original map source: Crafford, A.E.J., 2007, Geologic Map of Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 249, 1 CD-ROM, 46 p., 1 plate; Scale 1:250,000. Lithology: Major:{dolostone,limestone,shale} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
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