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Gold Prospect 4

Occurrence in Douglas 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. 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 10092963
MRDS ID N000186
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Prospect 4
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site # 3456

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.59655, 38.92657 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Siegel(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 12N 21E 02 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PARALLEL & INTERSECTING VEINS RANGE FROM 1-4 INCHES THICK AND FOLLOW FRACTURES & FOLIATION PLANES IN THE ARGILLITE. FOLIATION IS N50W & DIPS 30 NE. AREA OF VEINING IS ABOUT 4 FT. WIDE & IS SHEETED. VUGGY VEINS ARE 2 TO 3 INCHES APART WITHIN THE ZONE & HAVE LARGE BOXWORKS AFTER PYRITE (1/4 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gardnerville

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD PROSPECT CUTS FOLLOW STRIKE OF THE VEIN, 2 NEW BULLDOZER CUTS (TRENCHES ABOUT 100 FT LONG & 12 FT WIDE).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., NBMG SAMPLE SITE # 3456 VISIT, DEC.16,1988

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OLD PROSPECT CUT EXPOSES A BRECCIATED, MILKY WHITE QUARTZ VEIN (WHICH IS MANGANESE AND IRON-OXIDE STAINED) CUTTING META-ARGILLITE. THE VEIN IS ABOUT 1 FOOT THICK, STRIKES N-S AND IS VERTICAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1988 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1990 Doebrich, J.L. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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