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Deep Prospects

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Aluminum, Kaolin
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037616
MRDS ID M035656
Record type Site
Current site name Deep Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.48457, 38.54798 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position APPROX. 8 MI. EAST OF HAWTHORNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kinkaid(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 031E 24 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andalusite Ore
Corundum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.48457, 38.54798
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Replacement Bodies Of Aluminous Minerals Are Confined To Rhyolite And Occur Along Scattered Shear Zones That Trend E - Ne

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fitting

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND NARROW TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD, N. L., 1966 , INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 14

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 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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