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Mable Prospect

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mica
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037621
MRDS ID M035674
Record type Site
Current site name Mable Prospect
Alternate or previous names Kelly

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.44652, 38.72131 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Relative position APPROX. 11.7 MI. NE OF THORNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kinkaid NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(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 010N 032E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.44652, 38.72131
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 W
    Dip 40 W
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 18.29M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MUSCOVITE FORMS GREENISH, RANDOMLY ORIENTED BOOKS UP TO 2 IN. ACROSS AND 1/2 IN THICK UNIFORMLY THIN, "FREE SPLITTING" SHEETS CANNOT BE OBTAINED FROM THE BOOKS OWING TO STRUCTURAL IMPERFECTIONS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fitting

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF AN OPEN PIT 10 FT DEEP AND SEVERAL BULLDOZER CUTS

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-MAR-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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