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Sulphide Group

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046948
MRDS ID M242179
Record type Site
Current site name Sulphide Group
Alternate or previous names Sulphide Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.72618, 37.57828 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trappman Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cactus Flat(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 004S 047E 21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 30 MILES SSE OF GOLDFIELD. UTM IS APPROXIMATE, TO GENERAL AREA OF GROUP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.72618, 37.57828
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip 45 SE
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Antelope Springs District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY CUTS AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS WITH DRIFTING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, A.M. AND CARPENTER, J., 1931, NOTES ON INSPECTION TRIP: NBMG FILE 210, ITEM 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-83 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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