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Bentley Prospects

Occurrence in Douglas 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037738
MRDS ID M035922
Record type Site
Current site name Bentley Prospects
Alternate or previous names Payday No. 1 and Wilson

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.60988, 38.9324 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 7.5 MI EAST - SE OF GARDNERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Siegel(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 021E 03 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.60988, 38.9324
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gardnerville

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 109.73M

Comments on the workings information

  • PORTALS 1,200 FT N 70 E APART. PAYDAY NO. 1 IS WESTERN MOST, 170 FT LONG, AT WHICH POINT IS A DECLINE AND UNMAPPED CONTINUATION. WILSON IS 190 FT LONG. BOTH NEARLY STRAIGHT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT THE NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAPPED BY MOLL AND NELSON, 4/08/69 AS PART OF THE NATIONAL FALLOUT UPDATING SURVEY. PROPERTY DESIGNATED NATIONAL FALLOUT FACILITY NO. 05084 ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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

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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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