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Unnamed Manganese Prospect #2

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044070
MRDS ID M231392
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Manganese Prospect #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.99677, 40.61073 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blossom Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 044E 26,27,35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 OF SW 1/4 SEC. 26 AND SE 1/4 OF SE 1/4 OF SEC. 27

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
    Rock unit name Antler Peak Formation
    Rock description Antler Peak Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults; Nnw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • PSILOMELANE & PYROLUSITE OCCUR IN NNE-TRENDING STRINGERS ALONG FAULT; ALSO IN NNW-TRENDING FAULTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN/FAULT ZONE; PSILOMELANE AND PYROLUSITE IN NE-TRENDING STRINGERS ALONG FAULTS
Deposit DEVELOPED BY A FEW ADITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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