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Keno #3 Drill Rd & Workings

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098643
MRDS ID M233729
Record type Site
Current site name Keno #3 Drill Rd & Workings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.76253, 39.30188 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Ely(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 064E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mountain
    Rock description Prospect Mountain
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.76253, 39.30188
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • A 10FT WIDE PROMINENT E-W RIB OF QTZ VEIN & QTZITE BRECCIA (A MIXTURE OF THE TWO) OUTCROPS NEAR DRILL RD. RIB IS BRECCIATED & RECEMENTED BY SILICA & FEOX & SLICK N' SLIDES ARE PRESENT. ALSO PRESENCE OF SMALL AMOUNTS OF OXID PYRITE & CUOXS. THE SLICKS ARE ORIENTED N-S CROSS CUTTING GENERAL STRIKE OF RIB.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Duck Creek

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • 8FT-10FT DEEP SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Mohsen, Ahmed F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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