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Unnamed Adit

Occurrence in Douglas 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050810
MRDS ID N000179
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Adit
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 4435

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.51071, 38.69297 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Topaz Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
10N 22E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESS IS LIMITED BY A HUNTING AND FISHING CLUB, AND BY THE PARK SERVICE HANDLING CAMPING AT TOPAZ LAKE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Vuggy Limonite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.51071, 38.69297
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ADIT UNDERCUTS AN OUTCROP OF VUGGY LIMONITE STAINED QUARTZ HOSTED IN META-VOLCANICS. OTHER SIMILAR PROSPECTS OCCUR IN META-SEDIMENTS IN THE VICINITY OF THE MILL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mountain House

Comments on the workings information

  • A VERY OLD ADIT NO ROAD AND GREATLY RESTRICTED ACCESS

Comments on development

  • UNKNOWN ; ECON.COM: UNKNOWN,HOWEVER THERE IS A MILL AND TAILINGS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, MOUNTAIN HOUSE MINING DISTRICT,DOUGLAS COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 7-12-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1989 Quade, Jack (Doebrich, Jeff) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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