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Unknown Prospect

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Iron, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10046889
MRDS ID M242115
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.27365, 40.74825 (WGS84)
Elevation 2079
Relative position JUST NW OF ROCK SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morgan Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pilot-Thousand Springs, Nevada, Utah(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 068E 10 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor, Along Contact; Silicification Of Sandstone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.27365, 40.74825
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Rhyolite With Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name 5.5 Miles Ne Of Decoy District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN OCT, 1982.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, STEVE, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 10/6/82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT IS ON CONTACT OF RHYOLITE FLOWS AND LIMESTONE WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OF SANDSTONE

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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