| 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: | -118.13653, 40.42461 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1844 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 030N | 034E | 34 | SE | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Nickel Critical | Tertiary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Gangue |
| 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. |
|---|
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Koipato Group | ||||||||
| Rock description | Koipato Group | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -118.13653, 40.42461 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Unionville District; Buena Vista District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242727 |
BONHAM, H.F., JR., 26 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I.
| 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. |
| 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 |
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