1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Broad Canyon Prospect

Occurrence in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. 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 10045909
MRDS ID M233799
Record type Site
Current site name Broad Canyon Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.10732, 39.19742 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kingston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 043E 02 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.10732, 39.19742
ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ADITS DRIVEN IN BLACK, THIN-BEDDED SHALE & CARBONACEOUS LS, CALCITE VEINING, ONLY MINERAL SEEN IS FEOX-STAINED QTZ VEIN FRAGMENTS FROM DUMP, SOME YELLOW-GREEN STAINING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kingston

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on development

  • 2 ADITS, LOWER ADIT RECENTLY RE-OPENED WITH LOADER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 1981

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.