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Unnamed Silver

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046006
MRDS ID M233912
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Silver

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.61394, 41.05491 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pequop Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Long-Ruby 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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
037N 065E 27 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result SELECTED SAMPLES, 0-.005OZ AG, 0-0.2 OZ AG 0-1.6% PB, TR TO 6.6% ZN

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.61394, 41.05491
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISCONTINUOUS TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pequop

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS & TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO, (1964) MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, N. NEVADA NW UTAH; VOL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE FILLINGS INLIMESTONE
Deposit PITS & TRENCHES ON SMALL, DISCONTINUOUS, OXIDIZED FRACTURE FILLINGS IN LIMESTONE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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