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Duval Prospects

Occurrence in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Arsenic, Antimony, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10037733
MRDS ID M035913
Record type Site
Current site name Duval Prospects
Alternate or previous names Section 2 Prospects, NBMG Sample Site # 3485

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.58738, 38.84991 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 10.5 MI. SE OF GARDNERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Double Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 021E 01,02 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO SULFIDES SEEN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.58738, 38.84991
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gardnerville

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL CUTS & PROSPECT PITS ON POINT OF HILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, J. M., 1915 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF. AND NW NEV., USGS, BULL. 594 .

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J. V., NBMG SAMPLE # 3485 SITE VISIT, APRIL 12, 1989.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CUT ALONG HILL EXPOSES AT LEAST 6 SHEAR ZONES IN ABOUT 400 FT. ONLY ONE DISPLAYS VEIN MATERIAL ABOUT 4 IN. WIDE. A 5 FT. WIDE SHEAR ZONE STRIKES NS AND DIPS 70E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1989 Tingley, J.V. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1990 Doebrich, J.L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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