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Amazon, Fisherman, Knickerbocker, and Park Properties

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Arsenic, Lead, Antimony, Copper, Barium-Barite, Cadmium, Molybdenum, Tin
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072151
MRDS ID W016438
Record type Site
Current site name Amazon, Fisherman, Knickerbocker, and Park Properties
Related records 10222499

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.15088, 38.01662 (WGS84)
Elevation 2182
Relative position 1.2 MILES W-SW OF REVEILLE TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reveille(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 51E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Cadmium Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Tin Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1980-ANALYSED SAMPLE OF SILICIFIED DOLOMITE: 7000 PPM AG, 7000 PPM AS, 700 PPM BA, 300 PPM CD, 3% CU, 500 PPM MO, 7.0% PB, 7% SB, 200 PPM SN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.15088, 38.01662
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Associated With Irregularly Silicified And Altered Zones In Northwest Dipping Shear Zones.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Reveille District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) 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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