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Section 7 Prospects

Occurrence in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037748
MRDS ID M035932
Record type Site
Current site name Section 7 Prospects
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 4432

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.55405, 38.73824 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Relative position 3 MI N - NW OF TOPAZ LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Topaz 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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 022E 07 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1/4 MI NORTH OF HOLBROOK JUNCTION HWY. 395

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.55405, 38.73824
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FISSURE VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS ARE 300 FEET FURTHER EAST OF EACH OTHER. BOTH VEINS ARE IN METASEDIMENTARY HOST. THE VEIN IS STRONGLY BRECCIATED AND SILICIFIED. THE VEINS ARE COATED WITH AN FERRIC (RED) IRON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mountain House

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SURFACE PITS AND A CAVED ADIT A SMALL CAVED ADIT FOLLOWS THE STRIKE OF A SECOND BUT SUB-PARALLEL VEIN

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, MOUNTAIN HOUSE MINING DISTRICT,DOUGLAS COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 7-12-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

Reporter information

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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