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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Pershing 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10047379
MRDS ID M242668
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2334

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.84568, 40.31268 (WGS84)
Elevation 1509

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie 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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 037E 08 SE OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2334, A GRAB OF VEIN QUARTZ FROM DUMP, CONTAINS 0.1% FE, 0.02% MG, 150 PPM MN, 20 PPM B, 50 PPM BA, 10 PPM CR, 7 PPM CU, 5 PPM NI, 20 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC,

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.84568, 40.31268
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 0.02M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kennedy District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • A 7-M DEEP INCLINED SHAFT

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 13 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL. 89, PL. I.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHITE, BULL QUARTZ VEIN CUTS GRANITIC ROCK. THE VEIN MATTER CONTAINS CLOTS OF SERICITE AND SPARSE LIMONITE. NO ECONOMIC MINERALS WERE NOTED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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