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Unnamed Prospect Pit

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Manganese
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046476
MRDS ID M241642
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect Pit
Related records 10149737

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.6039, 37.92802 (WGS84)
Elevation 2152
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4200 FT N18W FROM THE FORLORN HOPE 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 001N 066E 20 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST ABOUT HALF-WAY BETWEEN THE MOUNTAIN LION AND THE FORLORN HOPE MINES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mendha
    Rock description Mendha

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.6039, 37.92802
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description West Fault Block

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N72E
    Dip 76 NW
    Thickness 0.3M

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

  • PROSPECT PIT

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CONTAINS ABUNDANT GALENA, SOME WHITE CALCITE AND MINOR RHODOCHROSITE.

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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