Unknown Sample Location 015

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045994
MRDS ID M233899
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Sample Location 015

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.07364, 40.9852 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miners Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 036W 070E 20 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Jasper Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.07364, 40.9852

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • MASSIVE JASPER ALONG N 30 E, 55 SE SHEAR ZONE, DARK HEMATITE CLOTS, SILICA IN VOGS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pilot Peak

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FIELD EXAM BY J.V. TINGLEY, NBMG, ON 7/15/80

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN/SHEAR ZONE
Deposit OLD SHAFT ON SITE ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Beintz, J.L. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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