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Unnamed Prospect

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050788
MRDS ID N000121
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site #3413

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.84823, 39.78822 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bedell Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Honey-Eagle Lakes(hydrologic unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
22N 19E 10 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.84823, 39.78822
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.01M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Freds Mountain

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL BULLDOZER CUTS. MORE EXTENSIVE CUTS ABOUT 75M EAST CONTAIN MALACHITE AS FRACTURE COATINGS ON META-ANDESITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., NBMG SAMPLE SITE #3413, VISITED DEC.1,1986

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN NOT WELL EXPOSED; FRAGMENTS IN A PIT SUGGEST A NORTHERLY TREND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1986 Garside, L. J. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

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