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Section 6 Prospects and Adit

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. 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 10050837
MRDS ID N000323
Record type Site
Current site name Section 6 Prospects and Adit
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 4256

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.78957, 38.4927 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corey Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
7N 29E 6 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.78957, 38.4927
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 DEGREES W
    Dip 65 SW
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE GRANITE HOST IS ALTERED TO A PUNKY,YELLOWISH ARGILLIC MASS ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE VEIN. WITHIN THE MATRIX OF THE BRECCIA,THE SILICA IS STAINED WITH A REDDISH,FERRIC IRON WHILE THE OPEN SPACES OF THE QUARTZ STRINGERS ARE COMMONLY FILLED WITH LIMONITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Grant

Comments on the workings information

  • A LINE OF PROSPECTS INCLUDING AN ADIT THE WORKINGS FOLLOW AN IRON-STAINED QUARTZ VEIN AND QUARTZ BRECCIA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS,1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY,NEVADA;NBMG BULL. #58.

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, MOUNT GRANT MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE VISITS SITE 6-27-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE 2 FOOT WIDE VEIN BEARS N 60W, DIPS 65SW AND IS EXPOSED FOR A DISTANCE OF 200+ FEET ALONG THE STRIKE.
Deposit ALL OF THE EXPLORATION IN THE AREA IS DIRECTED AT GOLD IN QUARTZ VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1989 Doebrich, Jeff L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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