Sections 13 and 18 Prospects

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037662
MRDS ID M035832
Record type Site
Current site name Sections 13 and 18 Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.02347, 38.72935 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position APPROX. 20 SOUTH OF YERINGTON, NEV.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Grove Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 026E;027E 13,18 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.02347, 38.72935

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wilson - Pine Grove

Comments on the workings information

  • WIDELY SPACED PROSPECT PITS AND A SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART ET AL, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PINE GROVE HILLS 15 MIN. QUAD

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EAST SECTION 13: SHEAR ZONE(STRIKE N70E DIP 60-70SE). IN SHEAR ZONE IS A BRECCIATED, BLEACHED QUARTZ ZONE ABOUT 4 FEET WIDE; MINOR FE OXIDE STAINING. WEST SECTION 13: SHEAR ZONE(STRIKE N80E DIP 75S) 4.5 FEET WIDE; QUARTZ FILLS SHEAR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1981 Kleinhampl, F.J. Applies Only To Section 13 Prospect 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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