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Unnamed Prospects

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043757
MRDS ID M231036
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.06401, 39.2963 (WGS84)
Relative position NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Gate(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie 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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 035E 32 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 62
USGS model code 18d
Deposit model name Skarn Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.06401, 39.2963
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Westgate

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • THESE WORKINGS ARE IN INTRICATELY FOLDED MARBLE AND CONSIST OF SEVERAL ADITS AND SHAFTS. ONE ADIT AND AN OPEN CUT DEVELOPED ON CONTACTED SHEAR ZONES IN THE MARBLE CONTAIN QUARTZ, IRON OXIDES, AND SOME COPPER STAINING. THE SHEAR ZONES ARE THOUGHT TO BE CLEAVAGE OR SHEAR SURFACES PARALLEL TO AVIAL SURFACES DEVELOPED DURING AN EARLIER PERIOD OF FOLDING AND LATER REFOLDED. THE MARBLE IS SIMILAR TO THAT ON CHALK MOUNTAIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, R.C., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 8

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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