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Bresnahan Prospect

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Materials information
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045821
MRDS ID M233659
Record type Site
Current site name Bresnahan Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.38923, 38.37494 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Relative position ABOUT 0.7 AIRMILES N60E FROM TYBO TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tybo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 050E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SIDE OF TYBO CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Swarbrick
    Rock description Swarbrick
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.38923, 38.37494
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N50W
    Dip 60SW
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tybo District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND 2 TUNNELS, ONE 180 FT LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY, NV.; NBMG BULL. 50, P.

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1933, GEOLOGY OF THE TYBO DISTRICT, NEV: NBMG BULL. 20., P. 58.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FINE-GRAINED CALCITE REPLACES CRUSHED ROCK IN THE SHEAR ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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