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Unnamed Prospect #3

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045788
MRDS ID M233617
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect #3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.25812, 38.70216 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Approximate Location

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morey Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(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 010N 051E 29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2.5 MILES NE OF JACK GROUP? (LOCATION UNCERTAIN) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Cockalorum Wash
    Rock description Cockalorum Wash

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.25812, 38.70216
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Moderate Deformation Of Strata

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Discoverer John And Eugene Titus

Mining district

District name Morey

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Titus, John And Eugen
    First year 1957

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • 25-FT SHAFT AND BULLDOZER PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I. (IN PRESS) GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1956-1957

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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