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Magpie Prospect

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10046802
MRDS ID M242014
Record type Site
Current site name Magpie Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.80203, 37.57438 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.7 AIRMILES N55W FROM OASIS DIVIDE (BM 6880)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oasis Divide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 004S 038E 19 CENTER Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.25 MILE NW OF THE DIVIDEND. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Kaolinization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Palmetto Pluton
    Rock description Palmetto Pluton
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.80203, 37.57438
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Comments on the geologic information

  • SAME ALASKITE DIKE AS THE DIVIDEND

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Windy Pah (Fesler) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E., 1906, USGS PP 55, P. 85-89

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 78, P. 72

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL QUARTZ LENSES AND VEINLETS IN ALASKITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 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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