Mac

Prospect in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400476
Record type Deposit
Current site name Mac

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -116.231, 40.7895 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Approximately 1 km NW of Gold Quarry and 1 km SSE of Tusc. Location shown very accurately in NBMG Bull 111, p 146.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Schroeder Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 173
USGS model code 26a.1
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Au
Mark3 model number 17

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -116.231, 40.7895

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Norby, John W. and Orobona, Michael J.T., 2002, Geology and Mineral Systems of the Mike Deposit; in Gold Deposits of the Carlin Trend; Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bull 111, p 143-167.
    http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/b111/mike.pdf

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-DEC-10 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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