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Unnamed Prospects

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10045694
MRDS ID M233485
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.42537, 38.5066 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 6.5 AIRMILES WNW OF SAN ANTONIO RANCH., 1000m-Large Area Of Prospects

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Secret Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N;008N;007N;007N 040E;041E;040E;041E 36;31,32;01,02;05,06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SIDE OF A PROMINENT HILL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); 1:62500 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1980 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron-Oxide Stain

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Pablo;Dunlap
    Rock description Pablo;Dunlap

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.42537, 38.5066
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw (?)-Striking Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cloverdale District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES, SHALLOW PITS, SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS ARE OF UNCERTAIN HISTORY BUT HAVE BEEN RELOCATED IN MODERN TIMES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I. (IN PRESS) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO. NEV: NBMG-BULL IN PREPARATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN DEVELOPED IN NW (?)-STRIKING SHEAR ZONE CUTTING IRON-OXIDE-STAINED COUNTRY ROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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