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Prospect Shaft On Forlorn Hope Vein Zone

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046474
MRDS ID M241640
Record type Site
Current site name Prospect Shaft On Forlorn Hope Vein Zone
Related records 10174010

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.59112, 37.92052 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2600 FT N60E FROM FORLORN HOPE MINE

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 001N 066E 28 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Burnt Canyon Member Of Highland Peak
    Rock description Burnt Canyon Member Of Highland Peak

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.59112, 37.92052
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Forlorn Hope 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 Highland District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 30-FT PROSPECT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FITCH, D.C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., NEV: UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO, M.S. THESIS, P. 87

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DIKE AT THIS LOCATION IS THIN BUT THE VEIN ZONE IS ABOUT 3 FT WIDE. DUMP MATERIAL CONSISTS OF STRONGLY SILICIFIED LIMESTONE WITH ABUNDANT LIMONITIC MATERIAL.

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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