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Nw Section 21 Prospects

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037685
MRDS ID M035856
Record type Site
Current site name Nw Section 21 Prospects
Alternate or previous names Blue Jay Claims? Nbmg # 4241

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.08487, 38.98158 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position APPROX. 4.5 MI. EAST 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 013N 026E 21 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) The Vein Is Iron Rich Silicified And Highly Oxidized.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.08487, 38.98158
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Structure Is Up To Five Feet In Width And Is Hosted In Granodiorite.

Ore body information

  • Dip 70 DEGREES S

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DRIFTS HAVE BEEN STOPED THROUGH TO THE SURFACE ALONG THE STRIKE FOR APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET.

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

  • WIDELY SCATTERED SHAFTS AND ADITS ADJACENT TO BLUE JAY MINE THE WORKINGS ARE ALONG A DUE-WEST-STRIKING VEIN.

Comments on development

  • HISTORY UNKNOWN ; ECON.COM: PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS,YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY,QUADE VISIT SITE 6-26-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLE 4241 WAS TAKEN FROM STOCKPILES OF ORE ADJACENT TO THE PORTAL OF TH E ADIT. ; 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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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