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Section 35 Prospect Adits

Occurrence in Mineral 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050826
MRDS ID N000306
Record type Site
Current site name Section 35 Prospect Adits
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 3553

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.16345, 38.59298 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Luning(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 34E 35 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.16345, 38.59298
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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 Santa Fe

Comments on the workings information

  • PARALLEL SHEARS IN DEEPLY WEATHERED GRANITE THAT CONTAIN LIMONITE STAINED VUGGY QUARTZ STRINGERS; ALL OF WHICH SHOW SOME PYRITE AND OTHER SULFIDES.THE FOUR ADITS ARE ALONG THE SHEARS.

Comments on development

  • EARLY HISTORY: EARLIER PROSPECT PERIOD IS UNKNOWN BUT THE AREA IS PRESENTLY BEING CUT BY ROADS AND WILL BE DRILLED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, SANTA FE MINING DISTRICT,MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 5-9-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1989 Quade, Jack (Doebrich, Jeff) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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