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Section 34 Prospects

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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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. 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 10037591
MRDS ID M035582
Record type Site
Current site name Section 34 Prospects
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 3548

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.07816, 38.50242 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position APPROX. 5.5 MI. EAST OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunrise Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 008N 035E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • GROUP OF SHAFTS AND PROSPECTS POSSIBLY SITE OF MAYFLOWER - MASTODON CLAIMS, UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Gossan-Like Silicified Gouge

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.07816, 38.50242
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • WORKINGS ARE ALONG TWO NW TRENDING SHEARS FILLED WITH QUARTZ STRINGERS IRON-STAINED BRECCIA, AND GOUGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santa Fe

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS,SHALLOW SHAFTS, AND PITS

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION WAS HEAVY IN THIS CAMP DURING WORLD WAR I. ; ECON.COM: UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, SANTE FE MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 4-8-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED DISTRICT MINING FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STOCKPILES OF ORE WAS HAND SORTED. DRILLING IN THE WEST SECTION APPEARS TO BE 15 YEARS OLD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) 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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