| Deposit ID | 10044144 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231490 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | American Canyon Divide Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | American Passmine ? |
| Related records | 10256990 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.14764, 40.30879 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1935 |
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)
Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 028N | 034E | 10 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sphalerite | Gangue |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -118.14764, 40.30879 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Normal Faults |
| Strike | NW |
|---|---|
| Dip | 45E |
| Thickness | 1M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Spring Valley District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231490 |
VIKRE, P. G., 1978, GEOLOGY & SILVER MINERALIZATION OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; PH.D. THESIS STANFORD UNIV.
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
SCHRADER, F. C., 1914, THE ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA; USGS BULL. 580-M
USGS, 1969, MAP GQ-820
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | QUARTZ VEINS ARE LESS THAN 5 CM TO 1M THICK. SEVERAL NORMAL FAULTS OFFSET VEINS MORE THAN 3 METERS. SILVER REPORTED FROM SPARSE MINERALS ASSOCIATED WITH GALENA. |
| Deposit | SEVERAL SHORT ADITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-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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