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Babcock Lead Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045460
MRDS ID M233205
Record type Site
Current site name Babcock Lead Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.67096, 38.4652 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 4 1/2 MI. SW OF HAWTHORNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lucky Boy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 030E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON OR ADJACENT TO THE LUCKY BOY CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Excelsior
    Rock description Excelsior
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.67096, 38.4652
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65E
    Dip 65NW
    Width 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hawthorne District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL CUTS EN ECHELON STRUCTURE WITH 300 FEET OF DRIFTING. A RAISE 100 FEET NW OF MAIN STRUCTURE CONNECTS WITH A SHAFT ON THE SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON BABCOCK LEAD PROSPEC

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEST SHOWING OF ORE IS A 6 INCH VEIN TRACEABLE FOR ABOUT 20 FEET. 200 FEET VERTICALLY BELOW (TO SOUTH) IN CANYON ORE OCCURS IN AN EN ECHELON STRUCTURE. A FEW NARROW BUNCHES OF ORE 5 INCHES OR LESS WIDE OCCURS HERE. THE ORE UNDERGROUND MAY OR MAY NOT BE ON THE SAME VEIN OR SHEAR EXPOSED ON THE SURFACE.
Deposit PROSPECT LOCATED ON NORTH SIDE OF SHARP CANYON ALONG A POWER LINE. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Royse, Sue E. 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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