Capricorn Prospect

Prospect in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity Fullers Earth
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174707
MAS/MILS ID 0320310380
Record type Site
Current site name Capricorn Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -119.89132, 40.48158 (WGS84)
Elevation 1360
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Rock Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smoke Creek Desert(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030 N 019 E 07 SWSWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fullers Earth Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -119.89132, 40.48158

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINNE, 1987, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MLA REPORT 18-87, DRY

  • Deposit

    VALLEY RIM, P. 11.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, M.S., U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MLA REPORT IN PROGRESS,

  • Deposit

    1994.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JUL-94 Miller U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.