Section 32 Adit

Past Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050800
MRDS ID N000140
Record type Site
Current site name Section 32 Adit
Alternate or previous names Nbmg#4212

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.10958, 38.67991 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Grove Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
10N 26E 32 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.10958, 38.67991

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wilson

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT WAS DRIVEN ON A SHEAR IN DARK GRANODIORITE OR DIORITE. NEAR THE CONTACT WITH A LIGHTER MONZONITE. OLD WORKINGS EAST OF THE WHEELER MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, WILSON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 6/15/89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN MATERIAL CONSISTED OF BRECCIA AND REPLACEMENT ORE CONTAINING PYRITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1991 Doebrich, Jeff L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Marcus,S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.