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Sunset Prospect

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Antimony, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044299
MRDS ID M231696
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Prospect
Related records 10125466

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.05814, 38.52437 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 1.3 MILES SE OF MANHATTAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manhattan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 044E 29 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Stibnite Is Partly Altered To Valentinite.Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Gold Hill Formation
    Rock description Gold Hill Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.05814, 38.52437
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR BANDS, STELLAR AGGREGATES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Bedding Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 480 FT TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL 723, P. 158

Reporter information

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

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