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Unknown 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037541
MRDS ID M035479
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.08788, 38.15521 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position NE 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 035E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • GROUP OF PROSPECTS AND ADIT .3 MILE SW OF CANDELARIA CEMETARY, PROBABLY PART OF ARGENTUM MINING COMPANY'S NORTHERN BELLE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.08788, 38.15521
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Candelaria Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SURFACE WORKINGS MAY BE PART OF ARGENTUM MINE, REFER TO M035480

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Candelaria

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION AND DATA PROBABLY FROM TOPO. MAP. CLOSEST DESCRIBED DEPOSITS ARE FOR AG, BUT NO COMMODITY DATA EXIST 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

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