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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Churchill 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043773
MRDS ID M231053
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.70153, 39.08241 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Terrill Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(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

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 029E 14 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Analytical data

Result TWO SAMPLES FROM DUMP CONTAIN 8.1 AND 1.79 PPM AU AND 100 PPM AG

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.70153, 39.08241
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact With Dacite Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • AN INCLINED SHAFT EXPLORES ALTERED RHYOLITIC TUFF NEAR THE CONTACT WITH A DACITE PORPHYRY DIKE. THE TUFF IS BLEACHED AND SILICIFIED, AND SOME OF THE DUMP MATERIAL IS STAINED WITH IRON OXIDES. TWO SAMPLES OF ALTERED TUFF COLLECTED FROM THE DUMP CONTAINED 8.1 AND 1.79 PPM GOLD AND 100 PPM SILVER EACH. THE HIGHER GOLD VALUE WAS FOUND IN THE IRON-STAINED ROCK. (WILLDEN AND SPEED, P 75)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, RONALD AND SPEED, RC, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 83

Reporter information

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

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