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Rochester Canyon

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042548
MRDS ID M060372
Record type Site
Current site name Rochester Canyon
Related records 10159925, 10310355

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.21791, 40.28407 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
28N 33E 13,14 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.21791, 40.28407
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rochester District

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: PLACER AU-PGE.
Deposit IN 1905 A GROUP OF PROSPECTS WAS LOCATED ON NENZEL HILL WHICH LATER BECAME ROCHESTER MINES IN 1912. ONE OF THE LARGEST PRODUCERS IN THE DISTRICT. IN 1929 IT CLOSED DOWN. ORE DEPOSITS OCCUR IN TWO MAJOR VEIN OR NORMAL FAULT SYSTEMS CALLED THE EAST VEIN AND WEST VEIN. THE VEINS ARE OPENED IN DEPTH BY THREE LONG ADIT TUNNELS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1990 Marcus, Sue U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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