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Section 12 Shafts

Past Producer in Lyon 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050854
MRDS ID N000340
Record type Site
Current site name Section 12 Shafts
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site #4227

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.35155, 39.43879 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton Flat Well(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
18N 23E 12 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.35155, 39.43879
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IN A SHEAR BETWEEN TWO LARGE OUTCROPS OF SUGARY FELSIC DIKES THAT HAVE BEEN FLOODED BY SILICA. THE DIKES HAVE INTRUDED THIN, GRAY METASEDIMENTS, UNDERLAIN BY GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ramsey

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO VERY OLD SHAFTS (WITH HAND CAPSTAN) AND PROSPECT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, NBMG SAMPLE SITE # 4227 VBISIT, JUNE 23, 1989

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NBMG SAMPLE # 4227 WAS TAKEN FROM DUMPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHAFTS AND CONSISTED OF BRECCIA AND QUARTZ WITHOUT VISIBLE MINERALIZATION. FAIR MAIN ROAD TO RAMSEY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1989 Quade, Jack Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

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