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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043747
MRDS ID M231023
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.98905, 39.93461 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jessup(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024N 027E 17,19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Alteration To Clay Minerals

Analytical data

Result MAXIMUM 2.24 AU, 50 PPM AG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.98905, 39.93461
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jessup

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • A SERIES OF PROSPECTS IS DEVELOPED BY SHALLOW SHAFTS AND BY SHORT ADITS THAT GENERALLY EXPLORE SHEAR ZONES IN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. THE METAVOLCANIC ROCKS IN AND NEAR THE SHEAR ZONES ARE COMMONLY ALTERED TO CLAY MINERALS AND HEAVILY IRON STAINED. QUARTZ VEINS OR STRINGERS OCCUR IN SOME OF THE SHEAR ZONES. ONE PROSPECT CONTAINS 1% COPPER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, R.C., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 83

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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