Pinto Prospect

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Uranium
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047537
MRDS ID M242900
Record type Site
Current site name Pinto Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.29544, 40.40905 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 029N 024E 08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.29544, 40.40905

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Range-Front Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • Dip 65 NW
    Plunge direction N 10 E
    Length 9655.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N 10 E, 65 Nw Range-Front Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hooker District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUMSEY, C.M., 1986, USBM MLA 35-86

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A 5-FT LIMONITE-STAINED QUARTZ VEIN AND FLOAT ARE ALONG A RANGE-FRONT FAULT PARALLELING A CONTACT BETWEEN GRANODIORITE AND VOLCANIC ROCKS. FAULT CAN BE TRACED 6 MILES ALONG STRIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 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

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