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Section 12 Shaft

Occurrence in Mineral 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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092965
MRDS ID N000307
Record type Site
Current site name Section 12 Shaft
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 3709

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.58096, 38.39409 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Powell Mountain NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6N 30E 12 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY #359

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Gouge

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.58096, 38.39409
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Shales Of The Esmeralda Formation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lucky Boy

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS AND PROSPECTS

Comments on development

  • UNKNOWN ; ECON.COM: PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, LUCKY BOY MINING DISTRICT,MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 5-19-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1989 Quade, Jack (Doebrich, Jeff) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-AUG-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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