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Unnamed Prospects #5

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  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 10045736
MRDS ID M233539
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospects #5
Alternate or previous names Charles Property ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.97703, 38.7141 (WGS84)
Elevation 2301
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5.4 AIRMILES N83E FROM PEAK OF ROUND MOUNTAIN, To Shaft In Area Of Prospects. Most Other Workings Extend Uphill To North-East For 300m

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky 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 010N 044E 13 PROJECTED FROM SOUTH N2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LARGE AREA OF NUMEROUS PROSPECTS ON NORTH SLOPE OF JEFFERSON CANYON JUST BELOW CONFLUENCE OF SAWMILL CANYON WITH JEFFERSON CANYON (CARPER DESCRIBES A "CHARLES PROPERTY" ADJOINING KANROHAT TO THE NORTH, WHICH WOULD BE IN ABOUT THIS AREA)? ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Yes; Silicification; Talcose Alteration

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES CARRIED A TRACE TO 0.1 OZ/TON AU
Result 4.4 TO 75 OZ/TON AG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Porphyry Of Kanrohat
    Rock description Porphyry Of Kanrohat
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.97703, 38.7141
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N10W; ALSO E-W
    Dip 10-50 NE
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 609.6M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 10-50 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • MN-OXIDE-COATED QUARTZ, LOCAL CALCITE MATRIX, AND SECONDARY COPPER MINERALS NOTED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jefferson Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE SURFACE OPENINGS TO ABOUT 30FT X 30FT EXTEND DOWNWARD AT GENTLE DIPS (10-15 NE) INTO SIMILARLY INCLINED DRIFTS; MAIN SHAFT 200 FT. DEEP WITH DRIFTS ON 50 AND 100-FT LEVELS. OTHER SMALL SURFACE WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • 2 CLAIMS ON CHARLES PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., (IN PRESS), GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL.

  • Deposit

    CARPER, A.F., 1920, REPORT ON THE CHARLES PROPERTY, JEFFERSON CANYON, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG; FILE 247, NO. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ-VEINED ALTERED SHEAR ZONE. VEINS ANASTOMOSE, AND, WHERE JOINED SWELL TO AS MUCH AS 5 FT. THICK. MAY BE ALONG CONTINUATION OF THE SIERRA NEVADA, OR KANROHAT VEIN (3 PARALLEL FLAT VEINS)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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