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North Section 31 Prospects

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037411
MRDS ID M035087
Record type Site
Current site name North Section 31 Prospects
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 4265

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.89569, 38.59881 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 8 MI WEST OF SO. END WALKER LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mitchell Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 028E 31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2.5 MI SO. CHIPMUNK SPRING QUAD SHEET: MITCHELL SPRING LOCATED ABOUT A MILE AND 0NE-HALF EAST OF THE POLE LINE ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NONE OF THE SHAFTS EXCEED FIFTY FEET IN DEPTH BUT THE CAVED ADITS ARE LONGER THAN THAT AND SOME OPEN STOPES. IT'S CLEAR THAT THEY ACTUALLY SHIPPED SOME OF THE ORE BUT DETAILS ARE NOT KNOWN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Grant

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SHAFTS, TWO ADITS, AND SIX PITS THE OLD WORKINGS FOLLOW A 12 TO 16 INCH WIDE SHEAR ZONE.

Comments on development

  • HISTORY:UNKNOWN ; ECON.COM: PRODUCTION:UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, MOUNT GRANT MINING DISTRICT,MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE VISITS SITE 6-28-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED DISTRICT MINING FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE CONTAINING IRON-OXIDE-STAINED QUARTZ STRINGERS
Deposit NONE OF THE WORKINGS ON THE MITCHELL SPRING OR BUTLER MOUNTAIN 7-1/2 QUADS ARE WITHIN THE MILITARY WITHDRAWAL AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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