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Unnamed Prospect, Sec 29

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043866
MRDS ID M231157
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect, Sec 29

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.87851, 39.56545 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR PEAVINE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Verdi(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)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 019E 29 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.87851, 39.56545
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Peavine District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARTZ VEINLETS AND STRINGERS CONTAINING PYRITE, ENARGITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE OCCUR IN HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED AND BLEACHED METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. DISSEMINATED PYRITE OCCURS IN THE META VOLCANICS (BONHAM, P. 80)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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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