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Shallow Prospect Shafts

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046475
MRDS ID M241641
Record type Site
Current site name Shallow Prospect Shafts
Alternate or previous names Part of Mountain Lion Property
Related records 10173785

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.6064, 37.94357 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position To One Of Two Shafts

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 001N 066E 17 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1500 FT N 35E OF MOUNTAIN LION MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mendma
    Rock description Mendma
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.6064, 37.94357
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 68 E
    Dip 82 NW
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Highland District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHALLOW PROSPECT SHAFTS

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. 79

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONE UP TO 6 FT WIDE CONTAINS SOME PB AND CU

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-84 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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