Unnamed Prospect #2

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098651
MRDS ID M233986
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.07899, 39.44353 (WGS84)
Elevation 2243
Relative position 1 MI SOUTH UEATCH CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 044E 06 SE4 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Crane Canyon Sequence
    Rock description Crane Canyon Sequence
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.07899, 39.44353

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION APPEAR TO BE IN QTZ VEINING RESULTING FROM LOCALIZED FAULTING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Reese River

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SINGLE ADIT TRENDING DUE EAST,

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO, NV, 1977, NBMG BULLETIN 88

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Smith, Peggy L. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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.