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Unnamed Silver Prospect

Occurrence 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044132
MRDS ID M231477
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Silver Prospect
Related records 10247243

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.23014, 40.33545 (WGS84)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 033E 36 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.23014, 40.33545
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEINS CUT ACROSS LIMESTONE AND SHALE BEDS. NEAR CONTACT OF RHYOLITE AND OVERLYING LIMESTONE, SMALL SPARSELY DISSEMINTATED SCHEELITE CRYSTALS OCCUR IN QUARTZ STRINGERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sacramento District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS CUT ACROSS LIMESTONE AND SHALE BEDS. NEAR THE CONTACT OF RHYOLITE AND OVERLYING LIMESTONE, SMALL SPARSELY DISSEMINATED SCHEELITE CRYSTALS OCCUR IN QUARTZ STRINGERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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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