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Quartz Mountain Workings

Prospect in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Ore body information
  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 10198285
MRDS ID M231980
MAS/MILS ID 0320230976
Record type Site
Current site name Quartz Mountain Workings
Related records 10044529

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.73559, 37.29216 (WGS84)
Elevation 1795
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahute Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007 S 047 E 32 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.73559, 37.29216
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 50N
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Strike And Dip N50E:50N
    Date of Last Modification 930505

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Mining district

District name Tolicha

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 168.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. OFR 84-2, 1984, P. 39-40; APPENDIX

  • Deposit

    A, SAMPLE NO. 1917.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-FEB-94 Ridenour, James 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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