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Section 14 Shaft

Occurrence in Lyon 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. 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 10050855
MRDS ID N000341
Record type Site
Current site name Section 14 Shaft
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site # 4226

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.36877, 39.4274 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton Flat Well(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
18N 23E 14 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.36877, 39.4274
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEIN IN FLAT-LYING, WEST DIPPING LIGHT GRAY, META-SILTSTONE. VEIN CONSISTS OF 1-2 FEET OF MASSIVE QUARTZ AND QUARTZ STRINGERS WITH LIGHT, GREENISH-YELLOW OXIDES OF LEAD AND POSSIBLY ANTIMONY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years LOADING SHOOT AT BOTTOM OF THE HILL, BUT NO RECORDS.

Mining district

District name Ramsey

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW CAVED SHAFTS AND TWO PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK NBMG SAMPLE SITE #4226 VISIT, JUNE 23, 1989

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POOR ROADS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1989 Quade, Jack Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

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