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Unnamed Prospect C

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Tin, Silver, Barium-Barite, Gold, Mercury, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  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 10044199
MRDS ID M231563
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect C

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.71257, 38.08466 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 5.6 MILES SW OF MORONI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stone Cabin Ranch SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 047E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Mercury Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Calcitized Shear Zone

Analytical data

Result A SELECTED GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINED 15 PPM AU, 0.08 PPM HG, 1,000 PPM SN, 700 PPM AG, 0.5 % CU, 1,500 PPM SB, 700 PPM BA.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.71257, 38.08466
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 55 W
    Dip 40 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Localized At A N 55 W, 40 Ne Shear Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ellendale District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL PROSPECTS AND THREE 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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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