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Sweepstake Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037239
MRDS ID M031134
Record type Site
Current site name Sweepstake Prospect
Related records 10246796

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.53723, 35.83194 (WGS84)
Relative position 6.5 MILES WEST OF GOODSPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shenandoah Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(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
024S 057E 25 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jarosite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Scale Overthrusts.

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT HAS UNUSUAL AND INTERESTING RELATIONS OF SILICA AND SEVERAL SULFATE MINERALS. WASTE MATERIAL HAS WIDE RANGE OF COLORS. AUTHOR INFERRED THAT SILICA AND SULPHATE MINERALS WERE FIRST DEPOSITED IN INTIMATE MIXTURE AND LATER SEGREGATED AS COARSELY CRYSTALLINE GRAINS AND CRYSTALS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goodsprings

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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