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Sw Section 10 Prospects

Occurrence in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Iron
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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. 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 10037671
MRDS ID M035842
Record type Site
Current site name Sw Section 10 Prospects
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 4273

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.06709, 38.91352 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position APPROX. 7 MI. S-SE 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

Yerington NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 026E 10 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THE AREA HAS CONSIDERABLE BROKEN PURPLE BOTTLES IN THE VICINITY OF A CAMP SITE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.06709, 38.91352
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VERTICAL VEIN IN A FISSURE IS HOSTED IN GRANITE AND SUNK ON THE SHAFT. APPROXIMATELY 10 TONS OF QUARTZ VEIN AND BRECCIA IS STOCKPILED ON THE DUMPS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yerington

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS AND 1 PROSPECT PIT SHAFTS ADITS AND DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • HISTORY UNKNOWN ; ECON.COM: PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J. G., 1969 , MINERAL RESOURCE MAP OF LYON, DOUGLAS, AND ORMSBY CO., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75 .

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS,YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY,QUADE VISIT SITE 6-29-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME OF THE MATERIAL HAS BEEN SCOOPED UP AND HAULED OFF. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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