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Point of Rocks

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Molybdenum
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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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044312
MRDS ID M231709
Record type Site
Current site name Point of Rocks

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.2709, 38.668 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 2.6 MILES E-NE OF MAHOGANY PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morey Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(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

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 009N 051E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEY TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) A Weak Quartz-Sericite Alteration Zone Coincides With This Locality

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.2709, 38.668
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description An East-West Alignment Of The Veins.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone Containing Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Morey District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner International Minerals And Chemical Corp.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS. PROSPECT PITS

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-JAN-1981 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.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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