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Lemr Prospect

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037417
MRDS ID M035105
Record type Site
Current site name Lemr Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.66707, 38.42131 (WGS84)
Elevation 1932
Relative position SO. END WASSUK RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lucky Boy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(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

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 030E 31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MI SO. LUCKY BOY MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Unknown

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.66707, 38.42131
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hawthorne

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF AG IN THE 1870'S AND MINOR W IN RECENT YEARS.

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL ADITS AND PITS ARE THE ONLY RECENT WORK; MOST ARE OLD CAVED SILVER WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 58 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEV

  • Production

    ROSS D. C. ( 1961 )

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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