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Unnamed Prospect #8

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045737
MRDS ID M233542
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect #8
Alternate or previous names Seever Property ?
Related records 10247189

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.99814, 38.72354 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4.35 AIRMILES N73E FROM PEAK OF ROUND MOUNTAIN, 100m To Area Of Prospect

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 WEST W2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTH SIDE OF RIDGE SEPARATING SLAUGHTER HOUSE CANYON FROM JEFFERSON CANYON, ABOUT 0.5 MILE UPSTREAM FROM CONFLUENCE OF THE CANYONS. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY FITS THAT OF STOTESBURY FOR THE SEEVER PROPERTY, AND THE TWO ARE DESCRIBED HERE AS THE SAME PROPERTY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES RAN FROM A TRACE TO 0.8 OZ/TON AU AND 1.4 TO 29.96 OZ/TON AG

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) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Gold Hill Formation
    Rock description Gold Hill Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.99814, 38.72354
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Jefferson Canyon Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N55W
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL TO STEEPLY NE
    Length 152.4M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Jefferson Canyon Fault Gougy Breccia Zone

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

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT DRIVEN SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET ON VEIN; SEVERAL RAISES; SMALL STOPES. ON THE SURFACE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DRIFTING AND STOPING WAS DONE IN THE EARLY DAYS BY MEXICANS OR INDIANS

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

    STOTESBURY, H.W., 1918, REPORT ON SEEVER PROPERTY, JEFFERSON CANYON: NBMG FILE 247 ITEM 2.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALTERED GOUGY BRECCIA ZONE; BUNCHES AND SEAMS OF HIGH-GRADE SILVER ORE.

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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