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W Section 19 Prospect

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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037416
MRDS ID M035099
Record type Site
Current site name W Section 19 Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 4251

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.79346, 38.53714 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Relative position 7 MI SW 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

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 19 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THESE WORKINGS ARE ABOUT A MILE EAST OF THE MAIN ROAD NEAR THE SITE OF A SMALL CABIN ADJACENT TO A FLOWING CREEK AND SPRING

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron-Stained Shear Zone With Silicified Gouge And Quartz Stringers

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.79346, 38.53714
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SIMILAR PROSPECTS DOT THE LANDSCAPE IN ABOUT A HALF-MILE RADIUS, NONE BIG ENOUGH TO BE CALLED A MINE BUT MOST OF THOSE ARE HOSTED IN GRANITES.

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

  • AN ADIT WITH OTHER PROSPECTS LOCALLY. A CAVED ADIT FOLLOWS THE STRIKE.

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)

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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