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Sun #4 & #5 Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050798
MRDS ID N000137
Record type Site
Current site name Sun #4 & #5 Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site #4401

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.45182, 38.7538 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oreana Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 10N 23E 06 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.45182, 38.7538
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wellington

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SUN #4 & #5 CLAIMS, WELLINGTON DISTRICT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, QUADE, JACK SAMPLE SITE #4404 VISIT, 7/10/89, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHALLOW, NARROW FISSURE FILLINGS IN GRANITE.
Deposit NBMG SAMPLE #4401 WAS TAKEN FROM THE SILICIFIED FRACTURE FILLINGS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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