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Birdsong Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045307
MRDS ID M233008
Record type Site
Current site name Birdsong Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.37067, 38.28076 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moho Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 032E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Dunlap
    Rock description Dunlap
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.37067, 38.28076
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Strong Folding With Local Overturning, Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N60W
    Dip 80 SW
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE FIRST ACTIVITY IN THE DISTRICT BEGAN IN THIS AREA IN THE EARLY 1860'S, WHEN SILVER AND LEAD BEGAN TO BE PRODUCED FROM OXIDIZED ORES IN QUARTZ VEINS IN THE DUNLAP FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Star District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 200-FT DRIFT, 50-FT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITSOF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: USGS BULL. 594

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN 2 INCHES TO 2 FEET THICK IN SANDSTONE(?)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.) 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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