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Josepha Lenway Prospect

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Mineral occurrence model 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 10040534
MRDS ID M055350
Record type Site
Current site name Josepha Lenway Prospect
Alternate or previous names Josepa, Josefa, Jasepa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.80931, 41.90988 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cordero Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
47N 37E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 400 FT EAST OF RUJA MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.80931, 41.90988
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: REFER TO RUJA MINE RECORD # M055463 FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY INFORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1937
Discoverer J. Jaca

Mining district

District name Opalite District

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPED IN 1963 TO 1968

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE RANGED IN GRADE FROM 10 TO 11 LB/TON

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-APR-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-1990 Skurski, M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1990 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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