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Murray Gold Prospect

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. 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 10045835
MRDS ID M233674
Record type Site
Current site name Murray Gold Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.57426, 38.85131 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1/2 MILE NORTH OF GRANTSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grantsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(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 011N 039E 03 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Analytical data

Result SORTED ORE SAMPLE RAN 0.28 OZ./T AU
Result 4 OZ/T AG
Result 6.5 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.57426, 38.85131
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Limestone And Andesite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Union (Grantsville) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. E. Murray Of Grantsville
    First year 1951

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 6.1M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • 25-FT. SHAFT; 20-FT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO: NBMG BULL. 50

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND ANDESITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 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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