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Unnamed Prospect #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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045727
MRDS ID M233527
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect #2
Alternate or previous names Vernol Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.57844, 39.02575 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.0 AIRMILES S30W FROM SOUTH SHOSHONE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Shoshone Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Millett(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

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 014N 039E 34 S2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST SIDE OF RANGE BETWEEN IDLEWILD AND SUNNYSIDE CREEKS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • A COMPOS

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Bleaching, Argillization Of Wallrock Near Veins

Analytical data

Result A COMPOSITE SAMPLE OF MINERALIZED VEIN MATERIAL FROM SEVERAL DUMPS ASSAYED 0.16 OZ/T OF BOTH AU AND AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.57844, 39.02575
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N30-50W
    Dip 50-70NE
    Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZED ROCK CONTAINS CLEAR QUARTZ CRYSTALS COATED WITH SUPERGENE IRON OXIDE MINERALS, AS WELL AS VERY LIGHT GRAY DENSE CHALCEDONIC VEINLETS. IN SOME SAMPLES, 2-3 MM VEINLETS FORM A SHEETED OR STOCK WORK APPEARANCE.

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Campbell, Lyle
    Home office P.O. Box 7377, Reno, Nv 89510

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 40M

Comments on the workings information

  • A NUMBER OF PROSPECT PITS, SHALLOW SHAFTS, AND ADITS (CAVED)

Comments on development

  • UNPATENTED CLAIMS OF THE VERNOL GROUP LOCATED 21 MAR 1981, SAMPLED IN 1978-NO OTHER WORK DONE IN PAST 10-20 YRS (EST.)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H., JR. 1970, GEOL. MAP AND SECTIONS OF A PART OF THE SHOSHONE MOUNTAINS, LANDER & NYE COUNTIES, NV: NBM MAP 38

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H., JR., 1981, BULK-MINABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS AND PROSPECTS IN NEVADA: NBMG OPEN FILE MAP 81-1.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., FIELD EXAMINATION, 07 AUG 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONE OF SILICIFIED AND BLEACHED RHYOLITE WITH DRUSY COMB & COCKADE QUARTZ VEINLETS. MINERALIZATION LOCALIZED IN CRUSH ZONE IN FOOTWALL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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