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Unnamed Prospect

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044554
MRDS ID M232042
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.02232, 37.758 (WGS84)
Elevation 1506
Relative position 0.55 MILES E-SE OF DYER RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East of Davis Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 036E 19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Iron Ore

Analytical data

Result PICKED ORE IS SAID TO ASSAY 74 TO 120 OUNCES SILVER PER TON.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Harkless Formation, Poleta Formation
    Rock description Harkless Formation, Poleta Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.02232, 37.758
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, DISCONTINOUS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along A Crushed Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1863

Mining district

District name Dyer District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • A LITTLE ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1884 TO 1887, AND 1912. TOTAL RECORDED PRODUCTION FROM THE DISTRICT WAS $12,817.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A SHAFT AND SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE PETERS OUT WITH DEPTH.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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