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Smith Creek Prospect

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Barium-Barite
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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. 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 10046947
MRDS ID M242178
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.08917, 39.3505 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Horse Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 070E 10 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE MOUTH OF SMITH CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Analytical data

Result A 4-FT VERTICAL CHIP SAMPLE FROM ONE ADIT ASSAYED TO 0.8 OZ/T AG AND 19% BA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lincoln Peak;Pole Canyon Limestone
    Rock description Lincoln Peak;Pole Canyon Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.08917, 39.3505
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Narrow Nw-Trending Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Moriah Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SMALL ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, OPEN FILE REPORT 1983, MLA 50-83

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., 1981, USGS MAP MF-1244-A.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS DEPOSIT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED BEYOND THE AREA OF THE WORKINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-83 La Pointe, D.D. (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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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