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Section 31 Gold Prospect

Occurrence in Douglas 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. 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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050856
MRDS ID N000342
Record type Site
Current site name Section 31 Gold Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site #4282

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.3407, 38.68102 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Desert Creek Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West 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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 10N 24E 31 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.3407, 38.68102
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NBMG SAMPLE #4282 WAS CHIPPED FROM THE EXPOSED VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wellington

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED ADIT AND PROSPECTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SECTION 31 GOLD PROSPECT, WELLINGTON DISTRICT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, NEVADA, QUADE, JACK SAMPLE SITE #4282 VISIT, 6/30/89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEST STRIKING, FLAT-LYING, IRON-STAINED, SILICIFIED VEIN IN LIGHT-GRAY META-VOLCANICS.

Reporter information

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

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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