Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Manganese, Iron, Gemstone, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046369
MRDS ID M241512
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 791
Related records 10125533

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.08082, 37.29581 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dodge Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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
Mount Diablo 007S 071E 32 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Gemstone Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jasper Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching, Argillization Of Volcanics

Analytical data

Result NBMG SAMPLE 791 CONTAINS 10% FE, 20% CA, 2000 PPM MN, 150 PPM BA, 200 PPM SR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Moenkopi
    Rock description Moenkopi
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.08082, 37.29581

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding Plane Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N60W
    Dip 40 NE
    Length 152.4M
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vigo Is Closest Mining District

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW DOZER CUTS

Comments on development

  • ALLEGED TO BE SITE OF MN PROSPECTS, BUT NONE WERE FOUND IN 1983.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, 8/21/1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS EXPLORE AN EXPOSED RIB OF HEAVILY FE-STAINED JASPER/JASPEROID FILLING FISSURES BETWEEN BEDDING PLANES IN CARBONATE. OTHER STRINGERS AND VEINLETS OF JASPER/JASPEROID WERE OBSERVED PARALLELLING BEDDING WEST OF THE MAIN RIB. APPEARS TO BE JASPER INFILLING BEDDING PLANE FAULTS RATHER THAN A RIB OF JASPEROID. CARBONATES CARRY PODS OF CRYSTALLINE CALCITE, AND PARALLELLING THE BEDS ARE SACLHROIDAL CALCITE VEINLETS CARRYING OXIDIZED GRAINS OF FE-STAINED SILICA. THE MAIN RIB OF JASPER IS MASSIVE TO BRECCIATED, HEAVILY FE-OX STAINED. THE BRECCIATED JASPER IS CEMENTED BY CHALCEDONIC SILICA, WHITE TO DARK BLUE, AND CARRIES A VERY FINE-GRAINED GREY METALLIC MINERAL. CUTTING THE JASPER ARE YELLOWISH-BROWN SILICEOUS VEINLETS. PALE GREEN SURFACE COATINGS (MALACHITE?) OCCUR ON EXPOSED SURFACES. VERY MINOR MNOZ SPOTS SURFACES. NORTH OF THE SAMPLE SITE, RHYOLITIC VOLCANICS OUTCROP, STRONGLY BLEACHED, ARGILLICALLY ALTERED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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