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Unnamed Prospect

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045710
MRDS ID M233507
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.77872, 38.98714 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 500m. Utm Is To Shaft In General Location Of The Prospect

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ellsworth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(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

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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 037E 13 S2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.5 MILE WEST OF BIG SPRINGS MINE (EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.77872, 38.98714
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ellsworth District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 CAVED SHAFTS 60 FT APART AND PROBABLY TOTALLING 200 FT. IN DEPTH, CONNECTED BY A STOPE TO THE SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. XLV, NO. 3; GEOL & MIN. SER. NO. 50

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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