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Oriental Wash Prospects

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10047132
MRDS ID M242383
Record type Site
Current site name Oriental Wash Prospects
Related records 10246664

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.46313, 37.21828 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West of Gold Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 008S;009S 041E 36;01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WEST END OF GOLD MOUNTAIN RIDGE; 6 MILES FROM SAND SPRINGS; AT LEAST 3 PROSPECTS UTM IS TO AREA OF SEVERAL PROSPECTS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wyman Formation
    Rock description Wyman

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.46313, 37.21828
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tokop (Gold Mountain, Oriental Wash) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN QUARTZ VEIN; MALACHITE REPLACEMENT VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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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