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Deer Point Prospect

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045184
MRDS ID M232870
Record type Site
Current site name Deer Point Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.01815, 39.37686 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 044E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.01815, 39.37686
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Near Contact

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granitic Rock Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILVER-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS IN OR NEAR THE GRANITIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Birch Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN $5000 WAS PRODUCED TO 1969.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Flynn, Patricia Dodd 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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