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Unnamed Silver

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044672
MRDS ID M232230
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Silver

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.46203, 40.28824 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hand-me-down Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 049E 16 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Cottonwood Canyon Pluton (Granodiorite)
    Rock description Cottonwood Canyon Pluton (Granodiorite)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.46203, 40.28824
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • OXIDIZED ZONE W/PYRITE IN GOSSAN ALONG NE-TRENDING FAULT IN QUARTZITE, NEAR INTRUSIVE CONTACT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buckhorn District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CONEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 62, REFERENCE NO. 3201100181

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964) MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, P. 99

  • Deposit

    MUFFLER L.J. (1964) GEOLOGY OF THE FRENCHIE CREEK QUADRANGLE, USGS BULL 1179

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT ZONE; OXIDIZED ZONE IN FAULT NEAR INTRUSIVE CONTACT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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