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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046867
MRDS ID M242091
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.9431, 37.73551 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES SE OF BLACK HAWK MINE, Estimated To Within One Mile, Estimated To Within One Mile, Estimated To Within One Mile

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Blotch Springs NW(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 054E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = CALIENTE 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Tuff Bleached And Limonized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.9431, 37.73551
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones In Tuff

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Queen City District-Also Known As The Black Hawk District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 45 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH 160 FT OF DRIFTING FROM BOTTOM AND 22 FT LEVEL-ALSO SURFACE PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H, 1977, NBMG BULL. 72, P. 39.

  • Deposit

    KRALIV, V.E., 1951, NGMG BULL, 50, P. 92.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST ORE CAME FROM SURFACE PITS AND TRENCHES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-84 Hefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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

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