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Prince Claims

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, 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. 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046756
MRDS ID M241961
Record type Site
Current site name Prince Claims
Alternate or previous names Sample Locations 1815, 1816, 1817.
Related records 10125263

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.00726, 37.18996 (WGS84)
Elevation 1405
Relative position NORTH OF THE MICHIGAN BOY MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oak Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahute Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOE(Federal land areas administered by DOE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS TO SAMPLE LOCATION 1816, THE MIDDLE OF 3 SAMPLE LOCATIONS 6 MILES SW OF OAK SPRINGS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Stirling Quartzite
    Rock description Stirling Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.00726, 37.18996
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Oak Spring District

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS ALIGNED N 55 W

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS GQ-214, 1963.

  • Deposit

    BENTZ, J. TINGLEY, J., 2983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NOV. 5, 1983.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS BRECCIATED, CEMENTED AND CUT BY BROWN JASPER AND OPALINE SILICA

Reporter information

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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