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Unnamed Shaft #2

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045725
MRDS ID M233525
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Shaft #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.55288, 39.13131 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position ABOUT ON THE NYE-LANDER COUNTY LINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Millett(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
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 039E 26 SE OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM AND SECTION FRACTION GIVEN BY FIELD EXAMINER DO NOT COINCIDE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Intermediate silicic ash flow tuff
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 75SW
    Thickness 0.03M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jackson District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 50M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHALLOW SHAFT PROBABLY LESS THAN 50M DEEP

Comments on development

  • MINOR PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., FIELD EXAMINATION, 8 AUG 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN OF WHITE, MASSIVE AND COMB QUARTZ ALONG A FAULT ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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