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Unnamed Shafts 873

Past Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10045873
MRDS ID M233732
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Shafts 873

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.92587, 39.6341 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Telegraph Peak(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 020N 063E 06 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.92587, 39.6341
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA IS FAULTED & HIGHLY FRACTURED SHEAR ZONE IN QTZITE. ZONE IS 3FT-5FT WIDE CUT WHILE GRANULAR QTZ VEIN BEARING GALENA, POCKETS AND PYRITE GHOSTS, FEOX. FEOX STAINING. VEIN STRIKES N40E, SE DIP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Granitic

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED IN 1933

Comments on development

  • ADIT CONNECTS WITH SLOPES OF HILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

Reporter information

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

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