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Section 31 Shaft

Occurrence in Carson City 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10050830
MRDS ID N000313
Record type Site
Current site name Section 31 Shaft
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 3661

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.66961, 39.12601 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carson City(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Empire(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Carson City

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
15N 21E 31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THE AREA IN GENERAL IS THE SITE OF TRASH DUMPING WHICH APPEARS TO BE AN ON-GOING PROBLEM IN AND AROUND BRUNSWICK CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.66961, 39.12601
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike IRREGULAR
    Dip IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • A SMALL QUARTZ VEIN IS HOSTED IN A RECRYSTALLIZED VOLCANIC TUFF OF TRIASSIC AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Delaware

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHALLOW SHAFT AND PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, DELAWARE MINING DISTRICT,CARSON CITY COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 5 -12-89,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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