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California Prospect

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10044598
MRDS ID M232105
Record type Site
Current site name California Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.64259, 37.53023 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.4 MILES W-SW OF BIRCH CREEK SPRING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lida Wash SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 039E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.64259, 37.53023
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880

Mining district

District name Palmetto District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E., 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUAD., NEV.: USGS PP 55, P. 95

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 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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