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Unnamed Gold Prospect 4

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Copper
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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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044976
MRDS ID M232626
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gold Prospect 4
Related records 10246556

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.66626, 40.26489 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 20 MILES NE OF WINNEMUCCA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trinity Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 040E 16 NW OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN BOTTOM OF GULLY. UTM COORDINATES ARE FROM NBMG BULL. 105 FOR SITE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Heavy Clay Gouge Along Faults

Analytical data

Result ALTERED GRANODIORITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.66626, 40.26489
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITE IS CUT BY SEVERAL FAULTS. TWO QUARTZ VEINS NEAR PORTAL CONTAIN SMALL AMOUNT SCHEELITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dutch Flat District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, CROSSCUT, WINZE FOLLOW QUARTZ VEINS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS IDENTIFIED BY STAGER & TINGLEY AS RELATED TO THE DUTCH FLAT PLACER MINE (NBMG BULL. 105, P. 74).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JUL-1993 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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