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Dixie Prospect

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10042625
MRDS ID M060479
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.81985, 40.08268 (WGS84)
Relative position NE SIDE STILLWATER RANGE A MILE E OF FENCEMAKER PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fencemaker Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 26N 37E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.81985, 40.08268
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 45NW
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Table Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHORT ADIT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY WAS PREVIOUSLY MINED FOR SILVER BUT HAS NO RECORDED TUNGSTEN PRODUCTION. TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION WAS DISCOVERED BY JACK W. PERRY OF LOVELOCK IN 1940.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K. AND TINGLEY, J.V., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULLETIN ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE OCCURS IN LARGE CRYSTALS WITH SILVER MINERALS IN A CALCITE VEIN CUTTING DARK BLUE LIMESTONE. VEIN IS 1.5-2 FT WIDE, AND HAS BEEN EXPLORED FOR 150 FT ALONG SRIKE, AND TO A DEPTH OF 30 FT BY THE ADIT AND SHALLOW SHAFTS. SMALL IRREGULAR STOPES EXTEND OUT FROM THE ADIT AND SHAFTS. THE SCHEELITE CRYSTALS ARE SPARSELY SCATTERED IN THE VEIN AND NO MINEABLE ORE SHOOTS HAVE BEEN FOUND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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