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Highland Group

Past Producer in Lander 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045192
MRDS ID M232878
Record type Site
Current site name Highland Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.77761, 39.14131 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buffalo Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 037E 23;24 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.77761, 39.14131
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD OCCURS IN QUARTZ VEINS IN DACITE AND LOCALLY AS CRYSTALLIZED CUBES, OCTOHEDRONS AND DODECAHEDRONS IN REPLACEMENT QUARTZ, CHALCEDONY, AND CALCITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Aspen District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN $5,000 PRODUCED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD OCCURS IN QUARTZ VEINS IN DACITE AND IN REPLACEMENT QUARTZ, CALCEDONY, AND CALCITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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