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Unnamed Shaft

Occurrence in Nye 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. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046874
MRDS ID M242098
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Shaft
Alternate or previous names Sample Location 1915-Probably Part of Landmark-Life Preserver Group.
Related records 10174883

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.78395, 37.28885 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tolicha Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahute Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 046E 36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 200 FT N. OF THE MAIN ROAD THROUGH THE CAMP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE FROM BOTH DUMP AND OUTCROP

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.78395, 37.28885
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Pre-Ore And Post-Ore.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mining district

District name Tolicha District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • 40-FT DEEP OPEN HOLE WITHOUT TIMBERS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, J. AND BENTZ, J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION 12-5-82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGHLY SILICIFIED QUARTZ BRECCIA VEIN CUTTING SOFTER ALTERED RHYOLITE. SLICKENSIDES AND FAULT GOUGE PRESENT. FINELY DISSEMINATED SULFIDES PRESENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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