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Wild Rose Prospect

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Uranium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044929
MRDS ID M232570
Record type Site
Current site name Wild Rose Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.45853, 41.8532 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position 9 MILES E. OF SHELDON REFUGE HEADQUARTERS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swan Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Guano(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
045N 022E 01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 OF SEC. 1

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result TRACE AU
Result LESS THAN 0.001% U3O8

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.45853, 41.8532
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ONE GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYED TRACE GOLD AND LESS THAN 0.001% U3O8

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1927
Discoverer D. D. Mc Leod

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mc Leod, D. D.
    First year 1927

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TRACE AU; LESS THAN 0.001% U3O8
Deposit LOCATED AUT. 7, 1927 BY D. D. MCLEOD, NO DEVELOPMENT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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