| Deposit ID | 10044131 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231476 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Spring Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.12125, 40.29796 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1707 |
| Relative position | SEVERAL HUNDRED METERS SW OF KAOLINITE MINE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Fitting(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 028N | 034E | 11 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | CHIPS:0.20-1.62%CU |
|---|---|
| Result | 0.5-2.6 OZ AG |
| Result | 0.010 OZ AU/TON |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone |
| (1) | Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Spring Valley District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231476 |
BONHAM & SHARP, 1957, GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF T28N, R33&34E, MT. DIABLO BASE & MERIDIAN, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, SOUTHERN PACIFIC LAND CO. REPORT, SAN FRANCISCO
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
VIKRE, P.G., 1978, GEOLOGY & SILVER MINERALIZATION OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; PH.D THESIS STANFORD UNIV.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF TWO SEPARATE QUARTZ VEINS WHOSE THICKNESS VARIES GREATLY. THEY ARE SHARPLY BOUNDED. |
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF TWO SEPARATE QUARTZ VEINS, UPHILL VEIN IS EXPOSED BY CAT CUT, LOWER VEIN EXPOSED BY A 10 METER ADIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1980 | 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 |
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