Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047450
MRDS ID M242757
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Related records 10222442

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.40043, 40.93072 (WGS84)
Elevation 1273

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jungo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 032E 04 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1.3 MILES N OF JUNGO ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.40043, 40.93072

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jungo Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 VERTICAL SHAFTS. ONE IS AT LEAST PARTLY CAVED, ONLY 10-15 FT DEEP. THE SECOND IS TIMBERED AND 50+ FT DEEP. SHAFTS SET OUT FROM MOUNTAIN FRONT

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY UNCLAIMED (1984)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., 19 AUG 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT.

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 85-3, 1985.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFTS ARE IN ALLUVIAL MATERIAL AND DO NOT HIT BEDROCK. MAY HAVE BEEN SUNK FOR PLACER GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1986 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.