Description
(Re-Discovery) Exploration Resources Incorporated
Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver, Gold, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound Exhalative
Model184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENSE
Ore controlStrata
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Geology
Host rockMetavolcanic Rock · Smartville Complex
StructureIsoclinally Folded And Faulted Metamorphic Belt Whose Bedding, Foliations And Major Structural Features Generally Trend Northwest And Dip Steeply To The East.
Tectonic settingMagmatic Arc
AlterationChloritic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1973
Identification
Deposit ID10048795
MRDS IDMP90021
Alternate namesDempsey Ranch Prospect Late 1800's
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.17489, -121.29271
References
TAYLOR, GARY C ., 1990, MINERAL LAND CLASSIFICATION OF THE WESTERN WORLD MINING COMPANY COPPER-ZINC DEPOSITS NEAR SMARTVILLE, YUBA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN FILE REPORT 90-1, 22 P.AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1994TAYLOR, 1990