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Unnamed Prospects

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Mercury, Clay
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045783
MRDS ID M233609
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.00425, 38.84965 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 AIRMILE S20W FROM MOORES CREEK RANCH, To Area Of Prospects

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carvers SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(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 011N;012N 044E;044E 02;35 S2 (35); N2 (02) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Mercury Primary
Clay Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching, Silicification, Argillization (Intense)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Northumberland Tuff
    Rock description Northumberland Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 32.3
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 32.3

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.00425, 38.84965
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fringe Area Of Northumberland Caldera

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moores Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • LOCATED IN 1930-1964 PERIOD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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