Unnamed Gold Prospect13

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Antimony, Iron
Sections on this page
  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 10044985
MRDS ID M232635
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gold Prospect13

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.48624, 41.17211 (WGS84)
Elevation 1570

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 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 300 FT. SW OF PROSPECT12

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Alteration Zone In Seciments

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.48624, 41.17211

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alteration Zone - N-Trending

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: NARROW VEINS AND VEINLETS OF CRUSHED, WHITE, VUGGY QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dutch Flat Distric T

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 100.58M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT, INCLINE, 2 ADITS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPED BY A PROSPECT PIT, 40-FT. INCLINE, AND 2 ADITS, 45 FT AND 285 FT. LONG. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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