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J. E. T.

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037139
MRDS ID M031007
Record type Site
Current site name J. E. T.
Related records 10221483

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.91276, 35.49834 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Relative position 2 MILES NORTH OF SEARCHLIGHT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Searchlight(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
028S 063E 28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 3500 FT. EAST OF POMPEII MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 E
    Dip 44 S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures Created By Intrusion Of Quartz Monzonite Porphyry

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO CARBONATE VEINS LIE 180 AND 300 FEET SOUTH OF THE MAIN VEIN, WITH COARSE CALCITE, CLAY, AND FINE GRAINED QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Searchlight

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED IN 1929 , 0.1 TO 0.4 OZ AU PER TON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • NO AU PRESENT BELOW 90 FT IN THE SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1939 , GEOLOGY OF THE SEARCHLIGHT DISTRICT, CLARK CO: USGS BULL. 906 - D P. 176 - 179

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 9 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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