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Palmetto Prospect

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046861
MRDS ID M242080
Record type Site
Current site name Palmetto Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.75259, 37.43912 (WGS84)
Elevation 1878

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sylvania Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(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
006S 038E 03 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN A SLIGHTLY HILLY, MOSTLY GRAVEL-COVERED AREA ADJACENT TO THE COUNTY ROAD 1.7 MILES SE OF THE BEAN MILL JUNCTION ON NEVADA HIGHWAY 3. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PART OF ORE IS DARK, GREENISH-GRAY, COMPACT, BUT GRADES INTO PARTLY CHLORITIZED IGNEOUS ROCK. REST OF ORE IS A BRECCIA CONSISTING OF ROUNDED FRAGMENTS OF COMPACT MATERIAL IN A FINE-GRAINED FLAKEY, SHEARED MATRRIX.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Sylvania Pluton
    Rock description Sylvania Pluton
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.75259, 37.43912
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike ONE ZONE-N40E; ANOTHER ZONE,-N10W
    Dip 90
    Width 6.1M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vertical Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1965

Mining district

District name Sylvania (Green Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chance, Charles
    First year 1975

Comments on the workings information

  • PARTLY STRIPPED AREA ON SW SIDE OF ROAD. 150 FT NE BY 60 FT; 60-FT TRENCH 450 FT AWAY ON NE SIDE OF ROAD

Comments on development

  • STRIPPING, TRENCHING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1975, NBMG BULL 84, P. 32

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERTICAL ZONE OF FAULTING AND CHLORITIZATION IN PORPHYRITIC QUARTZ DIORITE AND QUARTZ MONZONITE. ON NE SIDE OF ROAD IS ANOTHER SIMILAR 30-FT ZONE OF PARTLY CHLORITIZED IMPURE MATERIAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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