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Unnamed Shaft and Adit

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Manganese, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10046434
MRDS ID M241593
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Shaft and Adit
Related records 10125532

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.6089, 37.89274 (WGS84)
Elevation 2033
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position 1600 FT N 55 E FROM 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 066E 04 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • 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)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.6089, 37.89274
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dike And The Combined Metals Bed

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

  • 40-FT SHAFT AND SMALL ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FITCH, D.C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., NEV: UNIV OF NEW MEXICO, M.S. THESIS, P. 83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFT EXPOSES A 1-FT THICK LAMPROPHYRE DIKE STRIKING N78W, DIPPING 87NE, WEAK MINERALIZATION OF THE LIMESTONE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DIKE AND CONSISTS OF OXIDIZED FE AND MN MINERALS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-84 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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