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Unnamed Prospects

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Mercury, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044516
MRDS ID M231965
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.14504, 36.9908 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position ALONG THE RIDGE OF MINE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mine Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOE(Federal land areas administered by DOE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011S 052E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 1963-A SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS SHOWED 10% PB, 0.5% HG, 0.07% AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Devils Gate Limestone
    Rock description Devils Gate Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.14504, 36.9908
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description In The Upper Plate Of A Thrust Fault.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Workings Are Along High Angle Normal Faults Trending N30e.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mine Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF FOUR ADITS AND TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H.R., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 77, P. 39

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 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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