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Watt Shaft

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046074
MRDS ID M233991
Record type Site
Current site name Watt Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.03426, 39.49992 (WGS84)
Elevation 2280
Relative position AT THE HEAD OF NEW YORK CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austin(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 019N 044E 05 NW4 OF NE4 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 4 MI NORTH OF AUSTIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.03426, 39.49992
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Austin Pluton

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO OUT CROP AT MINE, HOWEVER, DUMP COMPOSED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Reese River

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner John Nagy

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT N 47 E, 45 DEG, HOUSING, RAIL SYSTEM, HEAVY EQUIPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT UNOBSERVABLE
Deposit DUMPS IN NEW YORK CANYON ARE CURRENTLY BEING MILLED AT 6OZ/TON AG. (10/81) ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Smith, Peggy L. (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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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