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Unnamed Shaft

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050829
MRDS ID N000311
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Shaft
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 3659

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.68294, 39.14407 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carson City(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Empire(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(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 Carson City

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
15N 20E 24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESS TO THE AREA IS FROM BRUNSWICK CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Gossan -Like Iron

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.68294, 39.14407
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 85 DEGREES W
    Dip 55 DEGREES SW
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE INCLINE MUST HAVE CUT BACK TO THE VEIN AT DEPTH BECAUSE THE VEIN MATERIAL ON THE DUMP CAME FROM THE FISSURE VEIN. THE VEIN MATERIAL CONSISTS OF IRON- STAINED HIGHLY OXIDIZED MATERIAL AND STRINGERS OF QUARTZ BRECCIA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Delaware

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT AND PROSPECTS. THE INCLINE WAS SUNK ON THE DIP SLOPE OF THE MARBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, DELAWARE MINING DISTRICT,CARSON CITY COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 5 -12-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN FOLLOWS A FAULT CONTACT BETWEEN A MARBLE AND A RECRYSTALLIZED TUFF.

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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