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Unnamed Workings

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045870
MRDS ID M233728
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Workings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.74364, 39.43827 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Duck Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 064E 11 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.74364, 39.43827
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 35SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • AN IRREGULAR N30E STRIKING REPLACEMENT ZONE IS MARKED BY BROWN DISCOLORATION & REXTALLIZATION OF LIMESTONE NEAR THE NORTHERN MOST WORKINGS IN THE CANYON. JUST WEST OF THE REPLACEMENT ZONE THE BEDDING OF FINELLY XTALLINE BLUE-GREY LIMESTONE IS N25E, 35SE. THE REPLACED ZONE 11'S THE BEDDING & DIPS MODERATELLY TO EAST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Duck Creek

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • 1 N35E OPEN-PIT TYPE PROSPECT, PLUS SEVERAL NE&SE STRIKING ADITS & A FEW SCATTERED SMALL PROSPECTS.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Mohsen, Ahmed F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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