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Costa Prospect

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040520
MRDS ID M055331
Record type Site
Current site name Costa Prospect
Alternate or previous names Low Prospect, Lou, Murphy Lease, Red Cap, Finger Rock?
Related records 10173967

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.8415, 38.59686 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.5 MILES FROM THE NYE-MINERAL COUNTY BORDER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Simon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 037E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Rhyolite, Argillization Of Andesite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.8415, 38.59686
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along A Vertical North-Trending Fault.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer J. Costa
Production years TO 1940

Mining district

District name Bell District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Costa
    First year 1943

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

  • Deposit

    ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-74 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-81 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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