| Deposit ID | 10042538 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060363 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kaiser Bill Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Unnamed Silver Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.18097, 40.32351 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1760 |
| Relative position | IN LIMERICK CANYON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rochester(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)
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 028N | 034E | 05 | SW OF SW | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||
| |||
| (1) | Alluvium, undifferentiated |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Rochester District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060363 |
KNOPF, A, 1924, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ROCHESTER DISTRICT; USGS BULL. 762
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-1961, SAN FRANCISCO V.1, SO. PACIFIC CO.
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
BONHAM, H. F., JR., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF ROCHESTER DISTRICT.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | APLITE ADJACENT TO MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEIN IS SHATTERED AND PENETRATED BY QUARTZ-TOURMALINE VEINLETS. |
| Deposit | EXPLORED AND DEVELOPED BY AN INCLINED SHAFT (CAVED), SEVERAL SMALL SHAFTS AND PITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1973 | Johnson, Maureen G. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1986 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1980 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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