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Section 23 and 26 Prospects

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037713
MRDS ID M035891
Record type Site
Current site name Section 23 and 26 Prospects
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 4410

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.27015, 38.96908 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Artesia Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West 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 024E 23,26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THE ROAD IS MORE A STREAM COURSE THAN A TRAVEL ROUTE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor Copper Mineralization Along With Some Unidentified Sulfides

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.27015, 38.96908
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • A N 15 DEGREES W-STRIKING CAN BE TRACED ON THE SURFACE FOR APPROXIMATELY 300 TO 400 FEET. THE INCLINE WAS SUNK ON THE 55 DEGREE SW DIP OF A VEIN THAT IS HOSTED IN A DEEPLY WEATHERED GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer History: Unknown
Production years UNKNOWN

Mining district

District name Yerington

Comments on the workings information

  • SCATTERED SHAFTS AN INCLINE AND PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75 .

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY, QUADE VISIT SITE 7-11-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLE 4410 WAS TAKEN FROM AN OUTCROPPING PORTION OF THE VEIN ADJACENT TO AND JUST SOUTH OF THE INCLINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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