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Unnamed 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092960
MRDS ID N000168
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Shaft
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 3651

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.67406, 39.24518 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
16N 21E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF WHAT MAY BE A TRENDING INTO THE HAYWOOD MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.67406, 39.24518
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FISSURE VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ STRINGERS AND SILICIFIED IRON -STAINED GOUGE FILL IN THE 18" SHEAR ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Comstock

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS AND PROSPECTS. THE PROSPECT SHAFT WAS SUNK ON A 55 DEGREES SHEAR WHICH WAS FURTHER EXPOSED BY LATER DOZING.

Comments on development

  • HISTORY UNKNOWN ; ECON.COM: PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, COMSTOCK MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY,QUADE VISIT SITE5-11-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ARGILLIC ALTERATION EXTENDS AWAY FROM THE SHEAR AND INTO A HIGHLY ALTERED VOLCANIC HOST WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A TUFF.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1989 Doebrich, Jeff L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) 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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