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Unnamed Prospects

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  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 10037525
MRDS ID M035462
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.11261, 38.14687 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position SW FLANK CANDELARIA MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candelaria(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 003N 035E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ROW OF 9 ADITS EXTENDING IN LINEAR FASHION DOWN SW SLOPE OF MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Candelaria Formation
    Rock description Candelaria Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.11261, 38.14687
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Trending N30e

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ STRINGERS AND QUARTZ BRECCIA ALONG FAULT BETWEEN ORD LIMESTONE AND CANDELARIA FM ; GEOL.DESC: REFER TO RECORD NO. W016422

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Candelaria

Comments on the workings information

  • ROW OF ADITS ON TOPO. QUADE FOUND 30' X 10' PIT IN 1989.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNNAMED PROSPECT, SITE VISIT REPORT (SAMPLE 3566), CANDELARIA DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VISITED AND SAMPLED BY NBMG IN 1989 (QUADE, SAMPLE # 3566). LOCATION AND DATA PROBABLY FROM TOPO. MAP. CLOSEST DESCRIBED DEPOSIT IS CANDELARIA (MT. DIABLO) MINE. CANDELARIA IS MAINLY AG DEPOSIT, SO THESE WORKINGS WERE PROBABLY FOR AG, TOO, BUT NO COMMODITY DATA ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS SITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1990 Marcus, Susan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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