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Unnamed Prospect No. 1

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045701
MRDS ID M233497
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.52173, 38.77354 (WGS84)
Elevation 2329
Relative position ABOUT 0.4 AIRMILE N30W FROM DANVILLE RUINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Danville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 048E 24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN SMALL TRIBUTARY CANYON TO DANVILLE CREEK JUST UPSTREAM FROM DANVILLE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillie Alteration Of Rhyolite Porphyry

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.52173, 38.77354
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 90
    Width 3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Danville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 10M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SINGLE SHAFT, LESS THAN 10 M (?) DEEP

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION, 29 AUG 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONE IS A 2-3 M WIDE SILICEOUS GOSSAN; REPLACEMENT ALONG FAULT (?)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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