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Unnamed Gold Prospect5

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044977
MRDS ID M232627
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gold Prospect5
Related records 10149500, 10222715

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.4879, 41.17267 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Relative position 20 MILES, NE OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delvada Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little 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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 040E 17 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 OF SEC. 17, ON S. SIDE OF RIDGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal, In Places

Analytical data

Result ASSAY RAN 0.02 OZ. AU AND 0.4 OZ AG/TON

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.4879, 41.17267
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISCONTINUOUS, TABULAR
    Strike N30-35E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone, Brecciation

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: QUARTZ VEIN 2 TO 5 FEET THICK OCCUPIES FAULT ZONE; DISCONTINUOUS AND BRECCIATED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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 production information

  • DUMPS INDICATE ABOUT 1000 TONS ORE REMOVED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 105.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS, ADITS, RAISE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOWER AIDT (ADIT) IS 280 FT. LONG, STOPED ABOVE AND BELOW, WITH A RAISE TO A 65-FT DRIFT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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