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W Section 18 Prospect

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037414
MRDS ID M035095
Record type Site
Current site name W Section 18 Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 4253

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.79346, 38.55075 (WGS84)
Elevation 3033
Relative position 6 MI SW S 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

Mount Grant(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 029E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 MI SO. MT. GRANT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.79346, 38.55075
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SHEAR ZONES ARE FILLED WITH QUARTZ AND BRECCIA VEINS. SOME OF THE VEINS HAVE FINE-GRAINED PYRITE,OTHERS HAVE MINOR COPPER SHOWS. ALL OF THE VEINS CONTAIN IRON-OXIDES.

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

  • OLD WORKINGS HAVE BEEN DOZED TO EXTINCTION LEAVING LARGE OPEN-CUT AND PITS ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF MT. GRANT. SOME OLDER WORKINGS REMAIN TO THE EAST AND FURTHER DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. THE OLDER WORKINGS WERE DRIVEN ON SHEAR ZONES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, MOUNT GRANT MINING DISTRICT,MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE VISITS SITE 6-27-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED DISTRICT MINING FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MUCH OF THE EQUIPMENT,INCLUDING COMPRESSORS,ARE STILL ON THE MOUNTAIN;LOOKS TO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR MANY YEARS.

Reporter information

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

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

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