Unnamed Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050825
MRDS ID N000304
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 3584

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.21734, 38.3766 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Dyke Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6N 17 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR COPPER AND QUARTZ BRECCIA VEIN MATERIAL

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.21734, 38.3766

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HIGHLY IRON-STAINED AND OXIDIZED VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Garfield

Comments on the workings information

  • 40 PROSPECTS, 3 TO 4 SHALLOW SHAFTS COVERING ABOUT ONE THIRD OF A MILE. THE MAIN WORKINGS FOLLOW A N 80 DEGREES E, 20 - 30 DEGREES NE DIPPING THRUST CONTACT ABOUT 5 FT. WIDE

Comments on development

  • FAIRLY OLD WORKINGS BUT SOME RECENT GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION WORK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS GARFIELD MINING DISTRICT,MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE VISIT SITE 4-20-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLE 3584 WAS FROM ALONG THE EXPOSED VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1989 Doebrich, Jeff L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) 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.