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Gold Prospects

Occurrence in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037146
MRDS ID M031016
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Prospects
Alternate or previous names Blue Quartz Mine
Related records 10257108

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.92, 35.97972 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 4.5 MILES W OF BOULDER CITY, 7.5 MILES SW OF BOULDER CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder City NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boulder City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Las Vegas Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
023S 063E 02,03,28 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.92, 35.97972
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Normal Fault Extending Sw 15 Miles Or More From Railroad Pass. East Plunging Anticline Extending Into Highland Spring Range.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD AND SILVER IN SILICIFIED AND ALUNITIZED QUARTZ MONZONITE AND OVER LYING ANDESITIC AND LATITIC VOLCANIC ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alunite (Railroad Pass)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT IN SECTION 2 HAS INCLINED SHAFT ALONG SHEAR ZONE. PROSPECT IN SECTION 3 HAS UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ESTIMATED AT 500 FEET. PROSPECT IN SECTION 28 (BLUE QUARTZ MINE ?) HAS INCLINED SHAFT ABOUT 75 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. T., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 143 , 178

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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