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Unnamed Prospect

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Manganese
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045718
MRDS ID M233514
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Alternate or previous names Description and Location Fit the Gold Crown Group Empire Group, Described In 1906 and 1920 Silvertop No. 1, 3.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.89872, 38.74464 (WGS84)
Elevation 1783
Relative position ABOUT A MILE EAST OF THE EVERETT MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granny Goose Well(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

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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 036E 10,11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT TO UNIMPROVED MAIN ACCESS ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron Oxide

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS: 0.03-0.4 OZ/TON AU
Result 10.83-68 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.89872, 38.74464
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip W TO 45E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHEARED, GOUGEY, IRON-OXIDE-STAINED ANDESITE; RHYOLITE DIKE-50-FT WIDE TRENDING N45W, 80NE, WITH CRUSHING ALONG HANGING WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Discoverer Located By Mr. Dungan

Mining district

District name Fairplay District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Margaret Dungan Of Atwood
    First year 1920

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 70.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT INCLINED 50 DEGREES S; 175-FT INCLINE SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 75 FT AND 150 FT, 50-FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH CROSSCUT WEST, IN 1906; SHALLOW PITS; MAIN SHAFT TO 230 FT BY 1920

Comments on development

  • SHALLOW SHAFT; 80 ACRES COVERED BY 4 CLAIMS OR MORE: OPTIONED IN 1908, WORKED UNTIL 1910, IDLE UNTIL 1920. 2 CARS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED WHICH RAN $32/TON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO., NEV: NBMG BULL: IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.T., 1906, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE GOLD CROWN GROUP; NBMG FILE 227, ITEM 2.

  • Deposit

    A. F. CARPER, 1920, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE GOLD CROWN MINE (EMPIRE GROUP), FAIRPLAY DISTRICT, GOLDYKE, NEVADA: NBMG FILE 227, ITEM 4 (?)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS IN CRUSHED QUARTZ ALONG FAULT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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