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Wolverton 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043895
MRDS ID M231194
Record type Site
Current site name Wolverton Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.0654, 39.36963 (WGS84)

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 05 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MI SOUTH OF LANSING PROSPECT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.0654, 39.36963
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Rhyolite And Trachyte

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wonder

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F. C., UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947: NBMG FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN AT CONTACT OF RHYOLITE DIKE CUTTING TRACHYTE
Deposit THIS DEPOSIT IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LARGE RHYOLITE DIKE CUTTING TRACHYTE COUNTRY ROCK. THE TRACHYTE OCCURS IN HEAVY FLOWS THAT DIP GENTLY TO THE NORTHEAST. IT IS FREELY INTRUDED BY DIKES AND SHEETS OF RHYOLITE AND BY DIKES OF APLITE. THE APLITE IN PLACES FORMS VERY SHARP CONTACTS WITH THE TRACHYTE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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