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Unnamed Silver Prospect

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042485
MRDS ID M060290
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Silver Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.6207, 40.196 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West of Lovelock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N 030E 21 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.6207, 40.196
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • APLITE DIKE ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN SLATE AND ARGILLITE WITH GRANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Butte District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH-SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-1961: VOL. 1, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO. P. 24

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL PITS, SHOWS LITTLE PROMISE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit APLITE DIKE ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN SLATE AND ARGILLITE WITH GRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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