Chinck Nickel - Cobalt Prospect, Elko County, Nevada, USAi
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Chinck Nickel - Cobalt Prospect | Prospect |
Elko County | County |
Nevada | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 48' 6'' North , 116° 18' 33'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Owyhee | 953 (2011) | 23.8km |
Deposit: The property consists of 8 unpatented lode claims.
Geology: Two vein systems, disclosed by shallow trenching and outcrops are in evidence on the property. The east vein comprised of quartz, carrying disseminated pyrite and some copper staining, strikes n.10 degrees e. And in thickness averages about 5 meters. It is traceable for about 300 meters. The west vein strikes about east-west and is nearly vertical where exposed, it is at least a meter wide and is comprised of quartz. On the footwall black carbonaceous shale is exposed which is well mineralized with pyrite. The hanging wall is thin bedded limestone. The vein quartz carries molybdenite in thin seams, pyrite, and chalcopyrite. In a slump immediately west of the east vein the formations are highly leached and stained with iron. The area is about 200 meters wide and 500 meters long. In this area the formations have been altered to clay for depths of 2 to 3 meters. The clays contain a boxwork of interlacing thin seams of quartz. Invariably these thin quartz seams are mineralized with molybdenite As crystal clusters. The altered and leached formations contain varying small amounts of pyrite, cobalt, and nickel. Cobalt assays from 5 samples were 0.02 percent
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
4 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 Reference: U.S. Geological Survey (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
β Molybdenite Formula: MoS2 Reference: U.S. Geological Survey (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Reference: U.S. Geological Survey (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: U.S. Geological Survey (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
β | Molybdenite | 2.EA.30 | MoS2 |
β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | β Molybdenite | MoS2 |
S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Mo | Molybdenum | |
Mo | β Molybdenite | MoS2 |
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Link to USGS MRDS: | 10173743 |
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