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Unnamed Gold Prospect1

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Antimony
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  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 10044973
MRDS ID M232623
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gold Prospect1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.48846, 41.17767 (WGS84)
Elevation 1509
Relative position 20 MILES NE OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delvada Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little 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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 040E 17 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 OF SEC. UM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

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 Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.48846, 41.17767
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PINCHES OUT DOWN-DIP
    Strike N-S
    Dip 20-30W
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: QUARTZ VEIN 2-3 FT WIDE, PINCHES OUT DOWN-DIP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dutch Flat District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN DEVELOPED ON TWO LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUR MINES BULL 59.

  • Deposit

    HOTZ, P. E., AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUAD., HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 431.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN WAS DEVELOPED ON TWO LEVELS. ; 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

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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