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North Section 27 Prospects

Occurrence in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Tungsten
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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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037755
MRDS ID M035942
Record type Site
Current site name North Section 27 Prospects
Alternate or previous names Section 27 Adits, NBMG Sample Site #4298

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.3957, 38.61602 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position APPROX. 10 MI S - SW OF WELLINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Risue Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(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 009N 023E 27 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.3957, 38.61602
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DUMPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CAVED WORKINGS ARE MOSTLY REPLACEMENT ORE HIGH IN PYRITE BUT CONTAINING SOME SCHEELITE. NO SKARN WAS OBSERVED ON ANY OF THE DUMPS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wellington

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • MULTIPLE ADITS NORTH OF ARROWHEAD MINE PROBABLE CLAIM EXTENSION OF SAID MINE. A LINE OF CROSS-CUT ADITS TREND SOUTHWEST ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF RISUE CANYON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NORTH SECTION 27 PROSPECTS, WELLINGTON DISTRICT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, QUADE, JACK SAMPLE SITE #4298 VISIT, 7/10/89, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACTIVE GOLD EXPLORATION IN AREA DURING 1978. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1989 Quade, Jack U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

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