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Sk Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047251
MRDS ID M242522
Record type Site
Current site name Sk Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.87307, 38.28162 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sidehill Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 063E 23 PROJECTED FROM NORTH Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Guilmette
    Rock description Guilmette

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip 80 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver King (Sunnyside ?) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PROSPECT PIT

Comments on development

  • INACTIVE IN 1981. OLD CABIN NEARBY. PROSPECT DATES FROM ABOUT 1900 ERA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION, 6/14/81

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73.

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 82-9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE IN LIMESTONE, MASSIVE JASPEROID-GOSSAN ON DUMP, ALTERED PORPHYRY DIKE FRAGMENTS SEEN ON DUMP. GOSSAN CONTAINS CALCITE CRYSTALS,SPECULAR HEMATITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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