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Garnet Placer

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Garnet
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10037298
MRDS ID M031263
Record type Site
Current site name Garnet Placer
Related records 10150462

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.11667, 39.24744 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MILES ABOVE THE MOUTH OF HAMPTON CREEK CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Cove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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)

Mt. Moriah Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
16N 69E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Garnet Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.11667, 39.24744
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS A FEW FEET TO 100 FEET WIDE, FEW INCHES TO 30 FEET THICK, AND EXTENDS HALF A MILE OR MORE ALONG THE CANYON FLOOR. GARNETIFEROUS LAYERS 1/4 INCH TO SEVERAL FEET THICK CONTAIN UP TO 20% GARNET IN CRYSTALS. AVERAGE GARNET CONTENT IS LESS THAN 10%.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Moriah

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, BLAKE & SMITH 1976, GEO & MIN RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO. NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO BULL 85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

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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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