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Sample Locality 893

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045880
MRDS ID M233744
Record type Site
Current site name Sample Locality 893

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.88615, 39.3605 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruth(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)

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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
017N 063E 9 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silification

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.88615, 39.3605
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDDING AT BASE OF CANYON STRIKES N45W, 45SW; CUT BY MANY SMALL FAULTS & A LARGE FAULT UP CANYON. CONTACT APPEARS TO BE A LOW THRUST (?) FAULT 20FT SE OF SHEARED QUARTZITE UNDER SE DIPPING LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Francisco

Comments on development

  • ONE CAVED ADIT ON SOUTH SIDE OF CANYON CONTAINS LG DUMB WITH SILTSTONE/LMS GOSSAN. 1 SHALLOW ADIT & 1 OPEN ADIT TO NORTH.

Reference information

Reporter information

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

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