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Unnamed Gold Prospect14

Occurrence in Humboldt 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. 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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044986
MRDS ID M232636
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gold Prospect14

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.49013, 41.17183 (WGS84)
Elevation 1542

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

  • NEAR SOUTH BOUNDARY OF NE 1/4 SEC 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Of Sedimentary Rock

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.49013, 41.17183
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N10E
    Dip 20W
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone; Breccia Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: QUARTZ VEINLETS WITH BROKEN QUARTZ IN FAULT ZONE; BRECCIA ZONE 3 FT. WIDE CONTAINS BROKEN QUARTZ: IT TRENDS N35E, DIPS 80W.

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 Underground
    Length 10.67M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, SHAFT

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPED BY A 35-FT.-LONG ADIT AND A 25-FT. SHAFT ; 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

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