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Section 30 Prospects

Occurrence in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037661
MRDS ID M035829
Record type Site
Current site name Section 30 Prospects
Alternate or previous names North Star Claims Nbmg # 4210
Related records 10246251

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.01208, 38.69824 (WGS84)
Elevation 1692
Relative position APPROX. 22 MI. SOUTH OF YERINGTON, NEV.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Grove Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 027E 30 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.01208, 38.69824
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Post-Depositional Movement Is Evident From The Slickensides Of The Vein Material.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN IS UP TO 3 FEET IN WIDTH AND DIPS AT A 75 DEGREES W ANGLE.THERE IS CONTACT BETWEEN ALASKITE AND GRANODIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wilson-Pine Grove

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Russell Henderson
    Home office 2336 N 17th Street, Grand Junction, Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • SCATTERED PROSPECT PITSAND A SHAFT (FOLLOWS SHEAR ZONE).THE WORKINGS MAY BE ON A WESTERN OFFSET TO THE VEIN SYSTEM AT THE CAMBRIDGE MINE. OPEN STOPES CONNECT SOME WORKINGS AND MOST ARE SHALLOW.

Comments on development

  • SIX SHAFTS AND 4 PROSPECTS. FOUR OF THE SHAFTS APPEAR TO BE CONNECTED AT DEPTH. THE NORTHERNMOST SHAFT WAS SUNK ON A FAULT. ; ECON.COM: UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS,WILSON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 06-15-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLE #4210 FROM DUMPS AND STOPES LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE THE VEIN AT THE CAMBRIDGE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit SHEAR ZONE STRIKES N15W AND DIPS 70SW. A LARGE HORIZONTAL COMPONENT TO SHEARING IS IMPLIED BY WAVEFORMS ON THE FAULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Kleinhampl, F.J. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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