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Mineralized Area E. of Comet Mine

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Manganese, Zinc, Iron
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046422
MRDS ID M241579
Record type Site
Current site name Mineralized Area E. of Comet Mine
Related records 10270704

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.6089, 37.88996 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1200 FT EAST OF THE COMET MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Highland Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 066E 05 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Analytical data

Result LOCALLY CONTAINS 0.8 OZ/T AG
Result 0.7-2.0 % PB
Result 1.5 - 2.5%ZN
Result 5 - 11% MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pioche Shale (Combined Metals Member)
    Rock description Pioche Shale (Combined Metals Member)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.6089, 37.88996
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike ABOUT N-S
    Dip E
    Length 91.44M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lower Part Of The Combined Metals Member

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Comet District

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FITCH, D.C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., NEVADA; UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO, ALBUQUERQUE; M.S. THESIS, P.82- 83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMBINED METALS LIMESTONE IS HERE GREATLY ALTERED TO DARK-BROWNISH-GRAY SILICIFIED ROCK, LOCALLY CONTAINING RB, AG, ZN,MN. ANOTHER STRONGLY ALTERED ZONE OCCURS 300 FT N. OF THIS OUTCROP. THE MINERIZATION E XTENDS FOR 60 FT ALONG THE STRIKE OF THE BEDS AND IS CONFINED TO THE LOWER PART OF THE COMBINED METALS MEMBER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (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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