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Unnamed Assay Only

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Lead, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040571
MRDS ID M055394
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Assay Only
Related records 10149961

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.14615, 36.99219 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position SW OF YUCCA FLAT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mine Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOE(Federal land areas administered by DOE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 11S 52E 09 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Analytical data

Result HG - 0.5 PERCENT
Result PB - 10 PERCENT
Result AG 0.07 PERCENT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Devils Gate Formation
    Rock description Devils Gate Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.14615, 36.99219
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Quartzite; Workings In Upper Plate

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mine Mountain District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 77

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Gassaway, Judith 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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