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Gold Prospect

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046489
MRDS ID M241656
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Prospect
Related records 10270979

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.73893, 37.53079 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.7 MILES NORTH OF PEAK OF BALD MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tempiute Mountain South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(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 005S 055E 12 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN AREA OF SPRINGS ON NE FLANK OF GROOM RANGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD NUGGETS UP TO SIZE OF A GRAIN OF WHEAT RECOVERED BY WASHING GRAVELS BELOW WORKINGS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Rock description Prospect Mountain Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.73893, 37.53079
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BASALT CONE NEARBY PROBABLY HAD LITTLE EFFECT ON ORE GENESIS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Don Dale District (Described In Groom District In County Report)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • "SHALLOW DIGGINGS"

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL. 70, P. 148-149, PL 1, PL. 2.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL. 42, 1945, P. 47.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPOTTY GOLD VALUES

Reporter information

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

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