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Buckhorn Prospect

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046382
MRDS ID M241530
Record type Site
Current site name Buckhorn Prospect
Related records 10198609

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.28138, 37.15665 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN., Within 1 Mile, Although Location Is Unknown

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Nose Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 09S 69E 16MILS Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1973 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact, Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.28138, 37.15665
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 22.86M
    Width 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Viola District?

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • AU 80 FT SHAFT CUT KAOLINITE ONLY TO A DEPTH OF 10 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ, C.M., & PAYPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 73, P. 177.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALTERED AREA IN CRUSHED LIMESTONE ZONE PARALLEL TO ANDESITE DIKE (N50E) BOUNDED ON THE EAST BY MARBLE AND WEST BY DIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-83 Lyles, B.F. (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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