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Unnamed Gold Prospect15

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044987
MRDS ID M232637
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gold Prospect15
Related records 10149397

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.49152, 41.16878 (WGS84)
Elevation 1509

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

  • NEAR CENTER OF SE 1/4 SEC 17.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal, Of Sediments

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.49152, 41.16878
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N40E
    Dip NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: THIN, DISCONTINUOUS QUARTZ STRINGERS IN FAULT ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dutch Flat Distric T

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 13.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHALLOW PITS, ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPED BY 2 SHALLOW PITS AND A 45-FT. ADIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-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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