Central Section 31 Prospect

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037412
MRDS ID M035088
Record type Site
Current site name Central Section 31 Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 4264

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.89958, 38.59436 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 8 MI WEST OF SO. END WALKER LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mitchell Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 028E 31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SINGLE SHAFT APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE EAST OF THE POLE-LINE ROAD,WHICH IS THE ONLY ACCESS TO THESE AREAS, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE MOUNT GRANT DISTRICT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pervasive Prophyllitic Alteration With Weak Argillic Overprint. Chlorite Is Especially Abundant In Granite Near Quartz Veins.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.89958, 38.59436

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Milky Quartz Veins In Granite Of Chipmunk Springs --May Be In Shear Zone At Right Angle To Trend Of Shear.

Comments on the geologic information

  • AGE OF WORKINGS ESTIMATED 1900-1920, BASED UPON DIMENSIONED LUMBER AND OVERALL STATE OF THE WORKINGS. THIS AREA WAS CLAIMED IN 1977. TRENCHING PROBABLY 1977 VINTAGE. SAMPLES SUBMITTED FOR GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS 1981.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Grant

Comments on the workings information

  • A 125 FT ADIT FOLLOUS A N10E TRENDING FAULT. THE ADIT IS LOCATED ON A HILL TO THE NORTH OF THE SHAFT. A LINE OF VERY OLD WORKINGS INCLUDES A SIZABLE SHAFT AND ADIT AND FOUR OR FIVE PROSPECTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART AND JOHANNSEN, MT. GRANT MAP

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, MOUNT GRANT MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE VISITS SITE 6-28-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SHEAR ZONE CONTAINS COPPER OXIDE AND SULFIDE MINERALIZATION IN A QUARTZ STRINGER.THERE IS AN ONE FOOT SHEAR IN THE GRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) 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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