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Aztec Dew, Charlie and Don Prospects

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046452
MRDS ID M241617
Record type Site
Current site name Aztec Dew, Charlie and Don Prospects
Related records 10173763

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.32611, 37.63969 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mosey Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(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 003S;003S;004S;004S 068E;069E;068E;069E 36;31;01,12;06 S2 (36); SW OF SW (31); NE (01); NE (12); NW (06) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN; THESE ARE THE PROSPECTS MENTIONED IN THE COUNTY BULLETIN'S REPORT ON THE LITTLE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result ROCK IN PROSPECTS CONTAIN UP TO 4% CU, AVERAGING 1.5-2.0%
Result UP TO 14 OZ/T AG
Result MINOR PB, ZN, BI.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.32611, 37.63969
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Andesite/Diorite Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Little Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 60-FT SHAFT ON DON CLAIM, 30-FT SHAFT ON AZTEC CLAIM, 30-FT INCLINE AT SE-END OF STOCK PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • "THE POSSIBILITY OF A LARGE LOW-GRADE ORE BODY IS SUFFICIENTLY GREAT TO WARRANT A SMALL-SCALE SAMPLING OR GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING PROGRAM," (TSCHANZ & PAMPEYAN, 1970)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL. 73, P. 175

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL PROSPECTS ARE IN ANDESITE AT DIORITE CONTACT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-84 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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