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Mushett Lease

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Gold, Silver, Bismuth, Copper, Antimony, Tellurium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044572
MRDS ID M232070
Record type Site
Current site name Mushett Lease
Alternate or previous names Miss Jessie Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22063, 37.72162 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Relative position 0.45 MILES S-SE OF COLUMBIA MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 042E 36 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Famatinite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result A SAMPLE OF THE SPHALERITE CONTAIN 1.8 OZ AU, 7 OZ AG, 55.6% ZN PER TON.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.22063, 37.72162
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPELIKE
    Dip 25-35E
    Length 6.1M
    Width 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 430 FT SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD, NEVADA: USGS PP 66, P. 223-224

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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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