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Aztec and Other Prospects

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth
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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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037342
MRDS ID M032023
Record type Site
Current site name Aztec and Other Prospects
Alternate or previous names Don Claim, Dew, Charlie

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.32611, 37.63969 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 12 MILES SE OF PANACA, 10 MILES NE OF CALIENTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mosey Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
03S;04S 68E;69E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM'S APPROXIMATED, PROSPECTS SCATTERED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Tenorite Ore

Analytical data

Result 4% CU, AVERAGES 1.5-2% 14 OZ AG PER TON MAXIMUM GRAB SAMPLE: 3% CU .03% BI .15% PB .003% AG .07% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.32611, 37.63969
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN ANDESITES AT THE DIORITE CONTACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Little Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POSSIBILITY OF A LARGE LOW GRADE ORE BODY IS SUFFICIENTLY GREAT TO WARRANT A SMALL SCALE SAMPLING OR GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING PROGRAM

Comments on the workings information

  • 60 FT. SHAFT ON DON CLAIM, 30 FT ON AZTEC, AND 30 FT. INCLINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO, NEV BUR MINES BULL 73

  • Reserve-Resource

    TSCHANTZ & PAMPEYAN, 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISTRICT UNORGANIZED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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