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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Manganese, Barium-Barite
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044147
MRDS ID M231504
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Alternate or previous names Locality 9 of Kleinhampl & Ziony

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.18339, 38.06967 (WGS84)
Elevation 1978
Relative position 1.18 MILES E-NE OF STREUBEN KNOB

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reveille(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 51E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitization

Analytical data

Result (KLEINHAMPL & ZIONY, 1980) - GRAB SAMPLE IN PPM: 3000 MN, 1.5 AG, 15 CR, 7 CU, 500 BA.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.18339, 38.06967
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Control By N-Nw Trending Transcurrent Faults.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Arrowhead District; Needles District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on development

  • NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    EKREN, E.B.; ROGERS, C.L.; DIXON, G.L., 1973, USGS MAP I-806.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) 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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