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Marble Canyon Prospect

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities 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. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045709
MRDS ID M233506
Record type Site
Current site name Marble Canyon Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.80205, 38.98298 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.2 AIRMILES S80E FROM LODI TANK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ellsworth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(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

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 013N 037E 22,13 NE (22); SE (13) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF MARBLE CANYON ABOVE MARBLE FALLS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Near-Surface Oxidation

Analytical data

Result LEAD CONTENT OF THE ORE WAS ABOUT 10

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.80205, 38.98298
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ellsworth District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL SHIPMENTS WERE PROBABLY MADE BY CHLORIDING THE SILVER-ENRICHED SURFACE ORES

Comments on the workings information

  • "MUCH SHALLOW WORK"

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL SHIPMENTS WERE PROBABLY MADE BY "CHLORIDING" THE SILVER-ENRICHED SURFACE ORES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY; UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL XLV, NO 3; GEOL & MIN. SER. NO. 50

  • Production

    KRAL, V.E., (1951) P. 111

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW VEINS CONTAINING PARTLY OXIDIZED ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Unknown Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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