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Farnsworth-Jones

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037367
MRDS ID M032063
Record type Site
Current site name Farnsworth-Jones
Alternate or previous names Amos, Amos Hunt
Related records 10149394

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.28915, 36.97192 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position ON E FLANK OF EAST MORMON MOUNTAINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davidson Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Overton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
11S 69E 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM'S AN EDUCATED GUESS, AREA UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result 5 SAMPLES CONTAINED: 10-22% MN, 4-14% AL2O3, AND 25-54% SIO2.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 74
USGS model code 19b
Deposit model name Replacement Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.28915, 36.97192
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Plate, Normal Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 65-90SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • MN OXIDES FILL FISSURE, BETWEEN LIMESTONE & PORPHYRY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name 741500

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEV BUR MINES BULL 73

  • Deposit

    MORMON MOUNTAINS G-E-M RESOURCES AREA TECHNICAL REPORT, FOR BLM, 1983.

  • Production

    TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISTRICT UNORGANIZED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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