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Section 21 Prospect

Occurrence in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037743
MRDS ID M035927
Record type Site
Current site name Section 21 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.85239, 38.97934 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 5.5 MI. EAST OF LAKE TAHOE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minden(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

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 019E 21 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.85239, 38.97934
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Genoa

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PITS AND SCRAPINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHN, D., 1979 , PERSONAL COMM., 1979 , USGS, MENLO PARK, CA

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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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