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Nw Section 31 Copper-Gold Prospect

Occurrence in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050841
MRDS ID N000327
Record type Site
Current site name Nw Section 31 Copper-Gold Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 3780

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.99709, 39.04019 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weber Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
14N 27E 31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF HIGHWAY #95

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.99709, 39.04019
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Follows A N 85 Degrees W Trend
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Similar Prospects Occur In This Area Wherever Meta-Sediments Are Present.

Comments on the geologic information

  • NARROW IRREGULAR QUARTZ VEIN IN META-SEDIMENTS. THE VEIN IS UP TO TWO FEET IN WIDTH, CONTAINS COPPER MINERALS AND PYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yerington

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PROSPECT AND ADIT PARTIALLY CAVED IN

Comments on development

  • HISTORY UNKNOWN ; ECON.COM: PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS,YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY,QUADE VISIT SITE 6-12-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

Reporter information

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

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