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Quartz Mountain Workings

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044529
MRDS ID M231980
Record type Site
Current site name Quartz Mountain Workings
Related records 10198285

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.73395, 37.29468 (WGS84)
Elevation 1795
Relative position 1.5 MILE NORTH OF QUARTZ MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahute Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 047E 32 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 50 NW
    Length 30.48M
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Mining district

District name Tolicha District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TWO CAVED ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 168

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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