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Unnamed Silver

Occurrence in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044670
MRDS ID M232226
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Silver

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.43982, 40.59852 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beowawe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
031N;032N 049E;049E 03;;34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result SELECTED SAMPLE FROM PIT (AU
Result TR, AG. 20 OZ/T) SOUTH PAC 6

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Vinini Formation
    Rock description Vinini Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.43982, 40.59852
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • PIT LOCATED ON LIMONITIC AREA ALONG QUARTZITE-ANDESITE CONTACT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Beowawe District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J. ETAL (1697) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., N.B.M. BULL. 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 182, REFERENCE NO. 3201100179

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964) MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, P. 105

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILVER PROSPECT ON LIMONITIC AREA AT QUARTZITE-ANDESITE CONTACT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. 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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