Nevada · Nye County
Occurrence
Poor Boy Claim
Nye County, Nevada, United States
Copper
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Commodities
Tertiary
Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
N
Ore control
Shear Zone (?)
Geology
Host rock
Limestone
Structure
Shear Zones (N50w, 80sw; N80w, 75sw) Major Wnw-Trending Normal Fault; Nw-Striking Range-Front Fault.
Alteration
The Brown Limestone Is Partly Dolomitized And Silicified. Porphyry Is Slightly Limonitized, Chloritized, And Sericitized.
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Identification
Deposit ID
10044257
MRDS ID
M231636
Alternate names
Argentum Grounds
Region
NA
Data score
D
Coordinates
39.02714, -117.89956
References
KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS