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Sample Site 1276

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046658
MRDS ID M241851
Record type Site
Current site name Sample Site 1276

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.70732, 38.20076 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilbert(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 038E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Iron Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argilization

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description None Appearent

Comments on the geologic information

  • ROCK ON PUMP - COARSE GRAINED, MAFIC-RICH DIABASE OR GABBRO, QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL BEARING SULFIDES (PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE), POSSIBLE FISSURE VEIN, FILLED W/BANDED CALCITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gilbert District; Desert District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT SUNK IN ALLUVIUM AND POSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1982, SMITH/BENTZ, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, SEPT 22, 1982

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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