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Unnamed Adit

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046517
MRDS ID M241689
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Adit
Related records 10125744

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.05471, 37.90386 (WGS84)
Elevation 2094

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lodge Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(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 071E 32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1000 FT S OF THE CHARLEY ROSS MINE IN THE BOTTOM OF A GULLY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Limonite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Alteration Slight

Analytical data

Result 2 SAMPLES ASSAYED A TRACE AU AND 0.1 OZ/T AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.05471, 37.90386
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip STEEPLY W
    Thickness 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Moderate Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eagle Valley (Gold Springs) District

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT DRIVEN TO WEST WITH 200 FT OF WORKINGS. WORKINGS FOLLOW VEIN TO SOUTH FOR 70 FT AND THEN TURN SHARPLY NW FOR 20 FT. FROM THE PORTAL, THE WORKINGS EXTEND 95 FT W. PORTAL PARTIALLY CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, UTAH GEOLOGY, VOL. 3, NO. 1, P. 41, 47

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS CROSSCUT THE MAIN 7-FT WIDE VEIN IN A PORTAL, AS WELL AS 4 SMALLER VEINS CONTAINING QUARTZ, CALCITE AND LIMONITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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