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Marvelous Prospect

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042421
MRDS ID M060210
Record type Site
Current site name Marvelous Prospect
Related records 10295460

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.22211, 40.00072 (WGS84)
Elevation 1750
Relative position ABOUT 0.7 MILE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NIGHTINGALE MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sage Hen Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N}025N 025E}025E 30}31 SW (30); NW (31) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT IS RIGHT AT THE JUNCTION OF 3 COUNTIES: PERSHING, WASHOE AND CHURCHILL. IT IS SOUTHEAST OF THE HIGH GRADE PROSPECT, NORTH OF THE JAYBIRD (GARFIELD FORCE) MINE. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Auld Lang Syne Group
    Rock description Auld Lang Syne Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.22211, 40.00072
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nightingale District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT.

Comments on development

  • NEW DRILL PADS SOUTH OF THE MARVELOUS (1984).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 76, PL. 1, 2.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, J., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION AND PHOTOS: NBMG UNPUBLISHED REPORT (TINGLEY).

  • Deposit

    STAFF, 1985, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE PARADISE-DENIO AND SONOMA-GERLACH RESOURCE AREAS, WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT, NEVADA: NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW TACTITE ZONE NEAR CONTACT.
Deposit THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M242690, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-APR-1993 Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) 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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