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Prospect Pit

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046872
MRDS ID M242096
Record type Site
Current site name Prospect Pit
Alternate or previous names Sample Location #1909

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.78283, 37.29024 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE E. OF THE MAIN ROAD TO TOLICHA PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tolicha Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahute Mesa(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

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 046E 36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST SSW OF LANDMARK MINE, ON STRIKE WITH SAME VEIN SYSTEM. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.78283, 37.29024
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N40E
    Dip 70 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone Possibly Along Fault Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tolicha District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT AND SMALL INCLINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, J. AND BENTZ, J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION 12-5-82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE GREY-WHITE VEIN OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ-BRECCIA, RECEMENTED BY VERY HARD CHERTY QUARTZ

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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