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Cotton Top Claim

Prospect in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity Quartz
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295570
MAS/MILS ID 0320170414
Record type Site
Current site name Cotton Top Claim
Alternate or previous names Crystal Contact Prospect, Quartz Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.70527, 37.98555 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCutchen Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002 N 056 E 32 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.70527, 37.98555
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 940126

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Quinn Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REPORT 46, 1991, P. 29.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JAN-94 Stevenson 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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