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Sunset Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043826
MRDS ID M231109
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.66294, 39.69267 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Griffith Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 021E 18 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.66294, 39.69267
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY SIMILIAR TO CHOATES PROSPECT, QUARTZ VEINLETS CUT GRANODIORITE IN IRREGULAR PATTERN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unnamed (Pyramid)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Phillip Evans
    First year 1957

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E F ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NBMG BULL 61, 1963

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H F, GEOL & MIN DEP, WASHOE, STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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