Eastside Prospects

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037564
MRDS ID M035526
Record type Site
Current site name Eastside Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.32789, 38.08326 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MI NW OF BASALT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basalt(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 033E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PAIR OF PROSPECTS 1 MI. SE OF EASTSIDE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Highly Silicified Quartz And Breccia With Minor Cu Oxides

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.32789, 38.08326

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description 3 Ft Vein In Shear Zone, Strike-N15e, Dip=80nw

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EASTSIDE DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NBMG SAMPLE SITE, SAMPLED BY JACK QUADE, 5/30/89

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.