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Sulfur Prospect No. 2

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Sulfur, Silica
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047072
MRDS ID M242316
Record type Site
Current site name Sulfur Prospect No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.17341, 37.53689 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN, 400 M To Mined Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ralston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(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

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
Mount Diablo 005S 043E 05 E2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT A HALF MILE NE OF CUPRITE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore
Alunite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Solfataric

Analytical data

Result LOW ALUNITE SILICA

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) -117.17341, 37.53689
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cuprite District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Super-Silica Corp.
    First year 1923

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • SUPER SILICA CORP. OWNED 400 ACRES AND HAD A LEASE ON AN ADDITIONAL 400 ACRES EQUIPPED WITH A 60-TON SILICA PLANT IN 1923.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS P.P. 66, P. 110

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 78, PL 2.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOLFATARICALLY ALTERED RHYOLITE PUMICE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-82 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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