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Unnamed Prospect

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050785
MRDS ID N000104
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site #4143

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.9599, 39.60989 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Verdi(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Honey-Eagle Lakes(hydrologic unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 20N 18E 09 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tourmaline Ore
Epidote Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Magnetite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Peavine Sequence
    Rock description Peavine Sequence

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.9599, 39.60989
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PIEDMONTITE-RICH AREAS IN WELDED TUFF OCCUR ABOUT 100M TO THE WEST OF THE LOCALITY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Peavine

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS UP TO 3M DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNNAMED PROSPECT, PEAVINE DISTRICT, WASHOE COUNTY, GARSIDE, L.J., SAMPLE SITE VISIT 7/7/89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NBMG SAMPLE # 4143 IS GRAB GOSSAN AND VEIN MATTER FROM DUMPS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1989 Garside, L. J. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-DEC-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

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