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Garrett-Denny Property

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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 10045807
MRDS ID M233639
Record type Site
Current site name Garrett-Denny Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.57059, 38.34634 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position IN TROY CANYON AREA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Troy Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(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 006N 057E 28,29,32,33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 4 CLAIMS AT TROY CANYON, 8 MILES N. OF NYALA. EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. UTM GIVEN IS FOR TROY CANYON AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM 8 FT SHAFT ASSAYED TR. AU
Result 2.1-5.5 OZ/T AG
Result 4.4-15.3 % PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Troy Peak Pluton
    Rock description Troy Peak Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Rock description Prospect Mountain Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.57059, 38.34634
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Some Cross-Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1922

Mining district

District name Troy District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. W. Garrett And James Denny
    First year 1922

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 8-FT. SHAFT; 50-FT SHAFT, WITH 50-FT DRIFT AT BOTTOM

Comments on development

  • EVALUATED IN 1922 AND CONSIDERED NOT VERY PROMISING FOR TONOPAH MINING CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOTESBURY, H.W., 1922, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GARRETT-DENNY PROPERTY: NBMG FILE 255, ITEM 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN BUNCHES IN VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 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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