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Unnamed Mica Occurrence

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mica
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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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045420
MRDS ID M233147
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mica Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.43596, 38.68214 (WGS84)
Relative position 22 MI NE OF HAWTHORNE VIA RYAN CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kinkaid NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 032E 32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SLOPE OF GILLIS RANGE; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Granitic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Granitic Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.43596, 38.68214
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 45
    Width 0.51M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MATERIAL OCCURS IN SHEETS TOO SMALL FOR SHEET MICA, PROBABLY SUITABLE ONLY FOR GRINDING PURPOSES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fitting District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1937, ROCONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MUSCOVITE IN 3 PARALLEL VEINS THAT RANGE FROM 12 TO 20 INCHES IN WIDTH. THE MICA IS PRESENT IN THE VEINS AS AN INTERGROWTH OF CRYSTALS THAT AVERAGE SEVERAL INCHES IN AREA AND IN BLOCKS UP TO 1 INCH THICK.
Deposit UTM IS TO APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE OCCURRENCE. EXACT LOCATION IS UNCERTAIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology LAT-LONG CALCULATED BY T/R/S TO LAT-LONG CONVERSION PROGRAM
Editor 12-MAR-1998 Boyce, E. G. U.S. Geological Survey

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