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Unnamed Mine

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Boron-Borates
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098821
MRDS ID N000107
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site #3321

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.87657, 39.561 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Verdi(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
20N 19E 32 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Boron-Borates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Advanced Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Metavolcanic rocks
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HIGHLY PYRITIFEROUS MATERIAL IS PRESENT ON THE DUMPS, AS WELL AS WHITE VEIN QUARTZ AND BLACK TOURMALINE WHICH IS INTERGROWN WITH PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Peavine

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS AND SHAFTS. TREND OF WORKINGS IS N50-60W. MINERALIZED ZONE IS NOT OBVIOUS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNNAMED MINE, PEAVINE DISTRICT, WASHOE COUNTY, GARSIDE, L.J., SAMPLE SITE VISIT 4/22/85, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NBMG SAMPLE # 3321B IS OF SELECT PYRITE AND VEIN QUARTZ FROM A DUMP OF AN ADIT CAVED AT THE PORTAL. OTHER SAMPLES OF SIMILAR VEIN AND ALTERED WALLROCK FROM AREA ON THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF PEAVINE PEAK INCLUDE #3322, #3323, #3401, #3402, #3406, #3407.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1985 Garside, L. J. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-DEC-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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