Silver Prospect

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Nickel, Barium-Barite, Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047426
MRDS ID M242727
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2562
Related records 10247107

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.13653, 40.42461 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Congress Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 034E 34 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2 MILES SW OF UNIONVILLE SITE. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Sericitization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2562, DUMP GRAB OF LIMESTONE AND RHYOLITE PORPHYRY WITH SILIFICATION, SERICITIZATION, QUARTZ VEINLETS AND GOSSAN, CONTAINS 7% FE, 3% MG, +20% CA, 0.1% TI, 5000 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, 300 PPM AS, 100 PPM B, 1500 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 100 PPM CD, 50 PPM CO, 10 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 300 PPM NI, 500 PPM PB, 500 PPM SB, 5 PPM SC, 300 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 50 PPM Y, 3000 PPM ZN, 150 PPM ZR.

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 Koipato Group
    Rock description Koipato Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Prida
    Rock description Prida
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.13653, 40.42461

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone Of Limestone And Rhyolite Porphyry.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unionville District; Buena Vista District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT AND PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984, BUT BULLDOZER ROAD TO THE PROPERTY WAS PUT IN THIS YEAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., JR., 26 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADIT EXPLORES CONTACT BETWEEN RHYOLITE PORPHYRY OF KOIPATO GROUP AND PRIDA FM. LIMESTONE. QUARTZ STRINGERS IN RHYOLITE AND GOSSAN IN LIMSTONE ON DUMP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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