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Unnamed Adit

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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 10050802
MRDS ID N000144
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Adit
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site # 3697

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.39178, 38.65214 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kinkaid NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
9N 32E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning Limestone
    Rock description Luning Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.39178, 38.65214
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fitting

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW ADITS, PROSPECTS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNNAMED ADIT, FITTING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY,QUADE, JACK NBMG SAMPLE SITE #3697 VISIT, 5/17/89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY POOR, ALMOST IMPASSABLE ROADS SOUTH OF WIN WAN FLAT. THE ROAD STOPS WELL SHORT OF THE WORKINGS AND THE CANYON LEADING TO THEM IS STREWN WITH SKARN MATERIAL AS IT FOLLOWS THE MARGIN OF THE CONTACT.

Reporter information

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

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

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