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Raven Prospect

Past Producer in Pershing 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044140
MRDS ID M231486
Record type Site
Current site name Raven Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.20319, 40.29046 (WGS84)
Elevation 1874
Relative position SOUTHEAST SLOPE OF LINCOLN HILL

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)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 028N 034E 18 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Microcline Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Tourmalinized, Pyritized

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 Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Rock unit name Rochester Trachyte
    Rock description Rochester Trachyte
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.20319, 40.29046
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 80W
    Thickness 0.76M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IS 1 TO 2 1/2 FEET THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KNOPF, A., 1924, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT NEVADA: USGS BULL. 762

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF ROCHESTER DISTRICT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS 1 TO 2 1/2 FT THICK
Deposit SMALL SHIPMENTS OF ORE CARRYING SILVER AND GOLD HAVE BEEN MADE PRIOR TO 1924. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1986 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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