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Nw Section 2 Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037413
MRDS ID M035092
Record type Site
Current site name Nw Section 2 Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 4246

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.82708, 38.58714 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 5 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

Mount Grant(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 028E 02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1 ADIT THE WORKINGS ARE JUST WEST OF THE COPPER CANYON ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Gouge

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.82708, 38.58714
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILICIFIED GOUGE AND QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL WAS SEEN ON STOCKPILES AT THE DUMPS.

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

  • TWO ADITS AND PROSPECTS ONE OF THE TWO ADITS WAS DRIVEN ALONG THE STRIKE OF THE VEIN FROM THE NORTHEAST WHILE THE OTHER CROSS-CUTS THE VEIN FROM BELOW. ALL OF THE WORKINGS ARE CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, MOUNT GRANT MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE VISITS SITE 6-27-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE N 20 DEGREES W VEIN IS HOSTED IN METAVOLCANICS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1989 Stewart, J. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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