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Wide West Group

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Iron
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037269
MRDS ID M031231
Record type Site
Current site name Wide West Group
Related records 10150383

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.93143, 39.85215 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Egan Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe 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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
23N 62E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE HILLS NORTH OF EGAN CANYON ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE EGAN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Seritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.93143, 39.85215
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N60-70E
    Dip 32-50S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • AU BEARING QUARTZ VEINS, CHARACTERIZED BY SMALL AMOUNTS OF LIMONITE AFTER PYRITE, GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE AND NATIVE GOLD, RANGING FROM 2 INCHES TO 2 FEET WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cherry Creek (Egan Canyon)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 2 TUNNELS, DRIFTS AND WINZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, JAMES M, 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, U.S. GEO. BULL. 648

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSISTS OF 12 CLAIMS AND 4 MILL SITES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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