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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045847
MRDS ID M233687
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.88393, 39.9591 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Exchequer Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe 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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.88393, 39.9591
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BRECCIATED QUARTZITE, CEMENTED BY VEIN QUARTZ, BRECCIA ZONE N5-10W NEAR VERTICAL DIP, APPEARS TO PARALLEL BEDDING. VEIN ZONE JUGGY, JUGS LINED WITH A QTZ XLS, HEMATITE, LIMONITE, SOME SMALL FLECKS FREE GOLD. QUARTZITE UNIT OVERLAIN BY FISSILE, TAN AND GREY MOTTED SHALE, THEN A THIN-BEDDED GREY LIMESTONE, STRIKE N5W, 35 WEST DIP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cherry Creek

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • OPEN CUT ON VEIN, ROADS, CONSIDERABLE WAGON DRILLING ON VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Martin, Paul (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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