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Section 12 Gold Prospects

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Alteration
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050827
MRDS ID N000308
Record type Site
Current site name Section 12 Gold Prospects
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 3710

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.58763, 38.39075 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Powell Mountain NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6N 30E 12 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • TO THE WEST OF HIGHWAY 359 THERE ARE MANY MORE PROSPECTS THAN ARE SHOWN ON THE MAP BUT MOST ARE SHALLOW.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicated Gouge

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.58763, 38.39075
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THERE IS AN IRREGULAR NETWORK OF SMALL, IRON-STAINED SILICA-RICH VEINS CUTTING THIN-BEDDED META-SEDIMENTS ABOVE THE CONTACT WITH THE GRANITE.THE VEINS ARE WITH MINOR QUARTZ STRINGERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lucky Boy

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS AND SHALLOW ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, LUCKY BOY MINING DISTRICT,MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 5-19-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1989 Quade, Jack (Doebrich, Jeff) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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