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W Prospect #2

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047534
MRDS ID M242897
Record type Site
Current site name W Prospect #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.07793, 40.021 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bluewing Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 025N 026E 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Auld Lang Syne Group
    Rock description Auld Lang Syne Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.07793, 40.021
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 2413.95M
    Width 1062.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Juniper Range District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT ON NORTH END OF THE ROOF PENDANT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 MAP AREA

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROOF PENDANT IN CRETACEOUS GRANITE, GNEISS, SCHIST, APLITE AND PEGMATITE. PENDANT IS 0.66 MILE WIDE BY 1.5 MILE LONG IN NNW DIRECTION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 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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