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Mcgee Property

Occurrence in Pershing 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. Mineral occurrence model 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047348
MRDS ID M242635
Record type Site
Current site name Mcgee Property
Related records 10246987

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.2032, 40.54267 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Star Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 034E 19 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AT HEAD OF BLACK CANYON; HALF A MILE UP THE CANYON FROM THE VALERY FLOURS PAR MINE . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rochester Rhyolite (Koipato Group)
    Rock description Rochester Rhyolite (Koipato Group)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.2032, 40.54267
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 182.88M
    Width 91.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Imlay District; Humboldt District; El Dorado District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Under Option To Lindgren And Swinert Inc. Of San Francisco In 1935.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Gee
    First year 1936

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTS, ADIT

Comments on development

  • LINDGREN AND SWINERTON RELINQUISHED THEIR OPTION AFTER PROSPECTINGTHE VEINS AT DEPTH BY A 150-FT LONG ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, KRAL, V.E., 1947, USBM R.I. 4014, P. 3-4.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, USBM IC 6902, P. 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 PARALLEL VEINS OUTCROPPING OVER A WIDTH OF SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS, TRACEABLE FOR ABOUT 600 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-85 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-94 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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