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Stat Prospect

Occurrence in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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 10045169
MRDS ID M232853
Record type Site
Current site name Stat Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.11787, 39.18131 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kingston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 043E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result AU MAXIUMUM 12 PPM AG MAXIMUM 160 PPM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Roberts Mountains Formation
    Rock description Roberts Mountains Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.11787, 39.18131
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • ROBERTS MOUNTAINS FORMATION OCCURS AS A WEDGE BETWEEN TWO MARJOR THRUSTS. A LARGE DIORITE INTRUSIVE MASS CROPS OUT NEARBY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1968
Discoverer Lyle F. Campbell

Mining district

District name Kingston District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • A LARGE NUMBER OF PROSPECT PITS AND SHORT ADDITS ON QUARTZ VEINS.

Comments on development

  • THE DISCOVERY WAS THE RESULT OF SAMPLING A HOST OF ANCIENT DIGGINGS KNOWN TO CONTAIN LOW GRADE GOLD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1968, STAT PROSPECT (GOLD), LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA (UNPUB): PERSONAL FILES OF J.V. TINGLEY, NBMG

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ STRIGERS ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS IN LIMESTONE OF THE ROBERTS MOUNTAIN FORMATION.
Deposit PART OF THE WORK WAS DONE IN THIS AREA AROUND 1900. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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