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Wardell Prospect

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Iron, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045638
MRDS ID M233423
Record type Site
Current site name Wardell Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.80256, 41.07963 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position N END OF WOOD HILLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moor Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Long-Ruby 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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037N 063E 24 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Tectonite > Mylonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.80256, 41.07963
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 152.4M
    Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOSSANS PRESENT, GOSSANOUS; AS PER ALONG SHEAR ZONE, N 80 DEG W, 30-48 DEG NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moor

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., (1964), MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, V.I., SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.

  • Deposit

    FIELD EXAMINATION BY RB JONES ON 7/24/80

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRON & COPPER PROSPECT IN CALCAREOUS MYLONITE. GOSSANOUS JASPER ALONG SHEAR ZONE.
Deposit IRON PROSPECTS WERE EXPLORED BY TRENCHES, PITS, AND ADITS IN GOSSANS UP TO 6' WIDE, AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG, THAT DIP STEEPLY IN CALCAREOUS MYLONITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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