Unnamed Lead Deposit

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044126
MRDS ID M231468
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Lead Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.13597, 40.45211 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position NORTHSIDE UNIONVILLE CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Congress Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 034E 22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION, UTM APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritized, Silicified, Sericitezed Rhyolite

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.13597, 40.45211

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 35W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Rhyolite

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE IS BRECCIATED. SULFIEDS HAVE BEEN OXIDIZED TO CERUSSITE AND LIMONITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unionville District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT EXPOSES A QUARTZ VEIN AT 75 FT DEPTH

Comments on development

  • NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE IS BRECCIATED. SULFIDES HAVE BEEN OXIDATED TO CERUSSITE AND LIMONITE.
Deposit SHAFT EXPOSES A QUARTZ VEIN AT A DEPTH OF 75 FEET. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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