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Noonday Prospect

Prospect in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149974
MAS/MILS ID 0320230742
Record type Site
Current site name Noonday Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.98276, 36.46058 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Stirling(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017 S 053 E 23 NENWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.98276, 36.46058
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 25-85, 1985, NO. 5,

  • Deposit

    TABLE 1, P. 17.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXAMINED FOR BOM MLA STUDY OF THE MT. STIRLING BLM WILDERNESS. NAME "NOONDAY" IS FROM AN 1888 CLAIM THAT WAS LOCATED IN THE AREA. AN ADIT IS AT 6300 FT. ELEVATION NEAR THE CENTER OF THE SE QUARTER SEC, 23 ANOTHER ADIT IS AT ELEY 6960 FT. NEAR CENTER OF NE QUARTER SEC, 23.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-JUN-1993 Conyac, Martin U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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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