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Sections 2 and 3 Prospects

Occurrence in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Bismuth, Manganese
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037739
MRDS ID M035921
Record type Site
Current site name Sections 2 and 3 Prospects
Alternate or previous names Gold Prospect 5, NBMG Sample Site #3457.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.60516, 38.92962 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
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 02,03 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1/2 MI NORTH OF MONARCH MINE SHARING TOPO. HIGH UTM COORDINATES GENERALIZED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.60516, 38.92962
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SERIES OF PITS AND ADITS ARE ON QUARTZ VEINS CONCENTRATED ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN A DIORITE AND LIMESTONE. WEAK EPIDOTE-PYROXENE SKARN OCCURS LOCALLY. THE DIORITE IS FINE-TO MEDIUM GRAINED, AND PERVASIVELY CHLORITIZED AND PYRITIZED (GONE TO FE-OXIDE). QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL CONSISTS OF VUGGY C.G. TERMINATED QUARTZ (COMB QUARTZ) AND LARGE AMOUNTS OF GREEN CHLORITE AND LIMONITIC FE-OXIDE. THE DIORITE-LIMESTONE CONTACT EXPOSED IN SHAFTS APPEARS SHEARED. QUARTZ VEINS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY OCCUR IN THE DIORITE AND NOT IN THE LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gardnerville

Comments on the workings information

  • 13 OR MORE SHAFTS, NUMEROUS ADITS, PITS AND SCRAPINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J. G., 1969 ,GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADABUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75 .

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., NBMG SAMPLE # 3457 SITE VISIT, DEC. 16,1988.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MATERIAL ON THE SHAFT DUMP IS WHITE VEIN QUARTZ WITH BOXWORKS AND CLOTS OF GOSSAN ALONG WITH MASSIVE JASPER/GOSSAN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit CONTACT ZONE OF FINE-GRAINED DIORITE DIKE WITH LIMESTONE. DIORITE DIKE TRENDS N30E. LIMESTONE IN AREA HAS IRREGULAR PATCHES OF BLEACHING AND MARBLE, AND IS LACED WITH QUARTZ VEINLETS & CLOTS OF CRYSTALLINE CALCITE. VEIN CONTAINS LIMONITE AND HEMATITE FILLING IN THE BOXWORK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1988 Tingley, J.V. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1990 Doebrich, J.L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

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