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Prospect Shafts and Adits

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Manganese, Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046426
MRDS ID M241584
Record type Site
Current site name Prospect Shafts and Adits
Related records 10198135

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.5964, 37.87829 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Highland Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(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
Mount Diablo 001S 066E 09 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1000 FT S40E FROM THE SCMODDE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lyndon Limestone;Chisholm Shale
    Rock description Lyndon Limestone;Chisholm Shale

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Scmodde Fault Cuts Vein Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N62W
    Dip 90
    Thickness 0.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • C-Dike And Vein Zone Continuation?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Comet District

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT SHAFTS AND ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FITCH, D.C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO. NEVADA: UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO, ALBUQUERQUE; M.S. THESIS, P. 81-82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS ARE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SCMODDE FAULT, AND ARE PROBABLY AN OFFSET CONTINUATION OF THE C-DIKE AND VEIN ZONE. REPLACEMENT OF THE LIMESTONE BY MNERALIZING FLUIDS EXTENDS 2 FEET ON EACH SIDE OF THE VEIN.

Reporter information

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

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