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Hercules Prospect

Occurrence in Churchill 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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047622
MRDS ID M243034
Record type Site
Current site name Hercules Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.09262, 39.23213 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position To Workings In The Vicinity Which Maybe The Hercules

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bell Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 035E 19 NW OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN N. PART OF GOLD BASIN DISTRICT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.09262, 39.23213
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 1609.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairview District; Gold Basin District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hercules Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND ADIT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP.

Comments on development

  • CONSIDERABLE MINING MACHINERY REPORTEDLY ON THE GROUND AND READY FOR OPERATION (1920'S?)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, USGS OFR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON A FAULT-BRECCIA ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-86 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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