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Unnamed Workings

Prospect in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Antimony
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045921
MRDS ID M233815
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Workings
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 805, 806

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.71085, 38.60078 (WGS84)
Elevation 2143
Relative position = 50 MILES SOUTH OF ELY AND 45 MILES NORTH OF PIOCHE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milk Ranch Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
009N 065E 32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON EAST FLANK OF SCHELL CREEK RANGE REAR PATTERSON PASS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Oxidation

Analytical data

Result NBMG SAMPLE 805 CONTAINS 2% FE, GREATER THAN 20% CA, 2000 PPM MN, 20 PPM AG, 700 PPM AS, 700 PPM BA, 10 PPM BE, 50 PPM CO, 70 PPM CU, 70 PPM NI, 500 PPM PB, 200 PPM SB, 300 PPM SR, 200 PPM V, 100 PPM W, 10 PPM Y, 300 PPM ZN. SAMPLE 806 CONTAINS 0.3 % F, 0.7% MG, 10% CA, 200 PPM MN, 1000 PPM AG, 30 PPM B, 70 PPM BA, 200 PPM CD, 15 PPM CR, 3000 PPM CU, 30 PPM MO, 5000 PPM PB, 3000 PPM SB, 70 PPM SB, 70 PPM V, 50 PPM W, 2000 PPM ZN.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.71085, 38.60078
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Patterson Pass Fault (E-W Trending)

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Strike N5E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear N5e Vertical

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDDING IN LIMESTONE N35E 35E, LIMESTONE BRECCIATED ALONG SHEAR ZONE WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED BY CALCITE PODS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Patterson; Patterson Pass; Cave Valley

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Carbide

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • DRILLING WAS OCCURING IN SUMMER 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECK BY BENTZ/SMITH, NBMG, 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Molinari, Mark P. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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