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Dunnigan Prospect

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. 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 10046707
MRDS ID M241906
Record type Site
Current site name Dunnigan Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.23341, 37.66523 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 700m-To Near Center Of Section Where Prospect Is Located

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 042E 23 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.23341, 37.66523
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.61M
    Width 3.05M
  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78, P. 58.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE AND JONES, 1920, USGS BULL. 710 P. 233

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS CONTAINING QUARTZ, PYROLUSITE, PSILOMELANE, AS NODULES UP TO 8 INCHES IN DIAMETER. VEINS RANGE FROM AN INCH TO A FOOT OR TWO IN THICKNESS, UP TO 10 FT DEEP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-82 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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