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Decker Flats Deposit

Prospect in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Mineral occurrence model 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 10055088
MRDS ID RE00028
Record type Site
Current site name Decker Flats Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.67617, 39.16965 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 30 MILES SE OF EUREKA, NV.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Green Springs NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad 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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 15N 56E 9,16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF NIGHTHAWK RIDGE DEPOSIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 172
USGS model code 26a
Deposit model name Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 15

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Chainman Shale;Joana Limestone
    Rock description Chainman Shale;Joana Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.67617, 39.16965
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Pine District (Closest); Cortez Trend

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARDEN, J.R., 1991, THE DISCOVERY AND GEOLOGY OF THE NIGHTHAWK RIDGE DEPOSIT AT EASY JUNIOR, WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA, IN GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, RAINES, G.L., ET AL, EDS., THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 665-676

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DECKER FLATS IS A LOW GRADE RESOURCE ADJACENT TO THE NIGHTHAWK RIDGE DEPOSIT.
Deposit REFER TO RECORD M242961 FOR DATA ON THE ADJACENT NIGHTHAWK RIDGE MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1991 Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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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