Midday Prospects

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. 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 10047629
MRDS ID M243041
Record type Site
Current site name Midday Prospects
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 3871, Midday Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.19318, 39.11408 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slate 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 014N 034E 06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NE SIDE OF SLATE MINE ROAD; ADJACENT TO LUCKY FOUR CLAIMS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRESENCE OF PB AND ZN ARE UNCERTAIN.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3871 OF VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS 3% FE, 0.02% MG, 0.07% CA, 0.03% TI, 150 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 150 PPM BA, 10 PPM CO, 20 PPM CR, 2000 PPM CU, 2000 PPM MO, 150 PPM V.

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.19318, 39.11408

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairview District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ted Monson Of Las Vegas And Mdf. Co.
    First year 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • A LINE OF CAVED PROSPECTS

Comments on development

  • ADJACENT AREA RECENTLY STAKED (1986) AS LUCKY FOUR CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A LINE OF CAVED PROSPECTS FOLLOWS NARROW VEINS AND VEINLETS IN DEEPLY WEATHERED BUT EXPOSED GRANITE NOT SHOWN ON COUNTY MAP. STRIKE AND DIP OF THE VEINS IS HIGHLY IRREGULAR, BUT THE MINERALIZATION SEEMS QUITE UNIFORM, CONSISTING OF GALENA, TETRAHEDRITE, CHALCOPYRITE AND SPHALERITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1986 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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