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Se Section 2 Prospect

Occurrence in Lyon 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037673
MRDS ID M035844
Record type Site
Current site name Se Section 2 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.03654, 38.92824 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position APPROX. 8 MI. SE 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

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
Mount Diablo 012N 026E 02 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.03654, 38.92824
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Economic information

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

  • PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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