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Lydon Prospect

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045805
MRDS ID M233637
Record type Site
Current site name Lydon Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.19258, 38.08438 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position NE OF TONOPAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(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 003N 043E 30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1.0 MILE S OF BOOKER MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.19258, 38.08438
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tonopah District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG MAP 9, 1962; SCHILLING, JOHN

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 65, 1964, P. 116-117

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NBMG, 1979, MILS DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EPIGENETIC, ASSOCIATED WITH HYDROTHERMAL BASE METAL DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 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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