Unnamed Prospect #8

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Iron
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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044162
MRDS ID M231522
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect #8

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.41506, 38.04439 (WGS84)
Elevation 2231
Relative position 1.2 MILES SE OF SQUAWTIP PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bellehelen(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 002N 050E 08 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) The Welded Tuff Is Silicified, Argillized, And Locally Oxidized.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.41506, 38.04439

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Control By Northeast Striking Shear Zones (?)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bellehelen District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ADITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRON OXIDE STAINED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.