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Section 9 Prospects

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037672
MRDS ID M035843
Record type Site
Current site name Section 9 Prospects
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 4274

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.08126, 38.91269 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yerington NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
12N 26E 9 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.08126, 38.91269
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FISSURE

Comments on the geologic information

  • A LINE OF WORKINGS INCLUDING: SHAFTS ADITS OPEN-STOPES AND PITS EXPOSE THE NORTH TRENDING FISSURE VEIN IN GRANITE. MUCH OF THE VEIN CONSIST OF MINOR PYRITE WITHIN THE QUARTZAND OTHER SULFIDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yerington

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS AND ADITS , AND OPEN PITS

Comments on development

  • HISTORY:UNKNOWN ; ECON.COM: PRODUCTION:UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT, LYONS COUNTY,QUADE VISIT SITE 6-29-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIA IS MUCH OF THE VEIN'S CONTENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1989 Doebrich, Jeff L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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