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Perkins Prospect

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044150
MRDS ID M231509
Record type Site
Current site name Perkins Prospect
Alternate or previous names Washington Mine Perkins Prospects Nos. 1 & 2 Correspond To the Upper, And Lower Workings of the Washington Mine.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.96398, 38.64993 (WGS84)
Elevation 2792
Relative position 0.31 MILES WEST OF BARCELONA SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 045E 06 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Gold Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Magnetite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Ferrimolybdite Gangue
Fluorite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Silicification, Argillization

Analytical data

Result AVERAGED 2% MOS2

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 60
USGS model code 18c
Deposit model name Skarn Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 22

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.96398, 38.64993
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Argillized Shear Zone (N60e, 75se)

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Mine Is Located On A N60e, 75se Shear Zone In An Apophysis Of Granite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Barcelona District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kerr-Mc Gee Corp.
    First year 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT WITH DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS; SURFACE CUTS AND TRENCHES TOTALED 4,500 FT; AND TWO CAVED ADITS.

Comments on development

  • MAIN PERIODS OF ACTIVITY WERE IN 1873 AND 1919.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50.

  • Deposit

    ERVINE, W.B.,1973,THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL ZONING OF THE SPANISH BELT MINING DISTRICT, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: PH.D. STANFORD UNIV; P.113-117

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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