Section 13 Adits

Prospect in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097324
MRDS ID RE00003
Record type Site
Current site name Section 13 Adits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.24571, 39.25212 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Springs South(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
Mount Diablo 16N 24E 13 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Deeply Weathered Granite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.24571, 39.25212

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • ADITS FOLLOWED VEINS (APPROX. 6 INCHES) IN DEEPLY WEATHERED GRANITE. NBMG SAMPLE SITE 4292

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Desert Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS

Comments on development

  • ADITS BEING MINED FOLLOW VEINS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SECTION 13 ADITS; DESERT MOUNTAINS AREA; LYON COUNTY, NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) MINING DISTRICT FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NORTH ADIT FOLLOWS 6 INCH, N70W STRIKING VEIN; A SUBPARALLEL VEIN OF SEVERAL INCHES MINED FROM A SECOUND ADIT.
Deposit FIELD NOTES FROM QUADE (NBMG), 7/6/89 ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1990 Skurski, M. (Marcus, Sue) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.