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Small Prospect Trenches

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 10046428
MRDS ID M241586
Record type Site
Current site name Small Prospect Trenches
Related records 10270950

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.60417, 37.87635 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Location accuracy 250(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

  • SOUTH OF MOUTH OF LYNDON GULCH, NORTH OF PAN AMERICAN MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Offset By Scmodde Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N63E
    Dip 83 NW (VEIN); 90 (DIKE)
  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N63E
    Dip 83 NW (VEIN); 90 (DIKE)

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along The C-Dike And Vein Zone

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 TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN IS THIN AND CONTAINS ABUNDANT MN AND FE OXIDES AND SOME LEAD

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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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