| Deposit ID | 10044122 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231464 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | U.S. Mint Prospect |
| Related records | 10149960 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.12292, 40.80295 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1485 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cosgrave(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Eugene Mountains(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 034N | 034E | 23,24 | SE OF SE OF SE (23) OF SW OF SW OF SW (24) | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Model code | 42 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 14a |
| Deposit model name | W skarn |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -118.12292, 40.80295 |
|---|
| Length | 274.32M |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1918 |
| Discoverer | Emil Stank |
| District name | Mill City District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231464 |
TINGLEY, J. V., 1973, UNPUBLISHED REPORT
STAGER, H. K., IN PREP, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE U.S. MINT PROSPECT IS AN UNDEVELOPED SEGMENT OF THE SUTTON BEDS. PALE GARNET TACTITE OCCURS ALONG ALMOST 900 FT OF OUTCROP. SPARSE YELLOWISH-FLUORESCING SCHEELITE OCCURS WITH DIOPSIDE, EPIDOTE, AND PALE GARNET IN TACTITE FORMED IN 2 PAR-ALLEL LIMESTONE BEDS WHICH ARE NORTHERN EXTENSIONS OF THE SUTT-ON LIMESTONE BEDS DEVELOPED IN THE SUTTON MINES TO THE SOUTHWE-ST. |
| Deposit | THE U.S. MINT PROSPECT IS AN UNDERDEVLOPED SEGMENT OF THE SUTTON BEDS WHICH LIE EAST OF FLORENCE HILL, NORTH OF THE EASTERN LIMB OF THE OLSEN STOCK. PALE GARNET TACTITE HAS BEEN FORMED ALONG ALMOST 900 FEET OF OUTCROP ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1980 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1985 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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