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Aunt Ethel Prospect

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044253
MRDS ID M231630
Record type Site
Current site name Aunt Ethel Prospect
Alternate or previous names Iron Mountain Group, Shoot Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.93012, 39.00436 (WGS84)
Elevation 1774
Relative position 10 MILES NORTH OF GABBS ON THE WEST SLOPE OF THE LODI HILLS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Quartz Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs 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 Nye

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Cerussite Coatings On Galena; Secondary Copper Minerals Stain Some Rock

Analytical data

Result SORTED ORE IS REPORTED TO ASSAY A TRACE OF GOLD, 12 OZ AG, 27% PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.93012, 39.00436
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A Northeast Striking Five Foot Thick Shear Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL SEAMS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone (?)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lodi District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Douglas Of Quartz Mountain
    First year 1934
    Last year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE SHAFTS, EACH ABOUT 65 FT DEEP, A SHORT ADIT, AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 99

  • 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-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 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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