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Section 1/2 Prospect

Occurrence in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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 10050809
MRDS ID N000178
Record type Site
Current site name Section 1/2 Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site #3484

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.58655, 38.84935 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Double Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 11N 21E 01,02 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.58655, 38.84935
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHEAR ZONE CONTAINS PODS OF LENTICULAR, VUGGY, WHITE VEIN QUARTZ WITH LIMONITE COATINGS ALONG FRACTURE SURFACES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gardnervile

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED ADIT, MAY BE OPEN BEYOND FIRST FEW FT. OF COVERED GROUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., NBMG SAMPLE SITE #3483 VISIT, APRIL 12, 1989

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONE STRIKES N30E, DIPS 70NE AND IS 2 FT. WIDE AT PORTAL. ROCKS ON THE DUMP CONTAIN VEIN FRAGMENTS ABOUT 1 FT. THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1989 Tingley, J.V. 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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