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Unnamed Prospects Near Majors Place

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046620
MRDS ID M241809
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospects Near Majors Place
Alternate or previous names Description Includes Capitol Hills Group To the North

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.59502, 39.04161 (WGS84)
Elevation 2185
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MILES NW OF MAJORS PLACE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Majors Place(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 066E 29,32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED T. & R.; PROJECTED FROM THE EAST AND SOUTH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Lincoln Peak;Pole Canyon Limestone
    Rock description Lincoln Peak;Pole Canyon Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.59502, 39.04161
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cooper District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTS

Comments on development

  • SOME DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS DONE A FEW YEARS BEFORE THE AREA WAS MAPPED (1958-1961) BUT NO PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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