Hottentot Prospect

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Iron, Copper
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Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037395
MRDS ID M035004
Record type Site
Current site name Hottentot Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.59596, 38.92769 (WGS84)
Elevation 1414
Relative position NE FROM AGAI PAH HILLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hu-Pwi Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 030E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MILE EAST OF GREASEWOOD SPRING UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.59596, 38.92769

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6 CORE HOLES IN AREA OF MAGNETIC ANOMALY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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