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Sections 27/28 Shaft and Adit

Occurrence in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10092961
MRDS ID N000177
Record type Site
Current site name Sections 27/28 Shaft and Adit
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 3763 #3764

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.62156, 39.21684 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dayton(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
16N 21E 27,28 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.62156, 39.21684
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip N 40 DEGREES E DIPPING CLOSE TO VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Vein Contains Pyrite And Unidentified Sulfides

Comments on the geologic information

  • SAMPLE # 3763 WAS TAKEN FROM THE DUMPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADIT,WHILE SAMPLE # 3764 WAS TAKEN FROM THE VEIN ADJACENT TO THE SHAFT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Comstock

Comments on the workings information

  • BELOW THE SHAFT AND ON THE STRIKE WITH THE VEIN IS AN ADIT DRIVEN BENEATH THE STRUCTURE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS,COMSTOCK MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY,QUADE VISIT SITE 6-6-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OTHER PROSPECTS IN THIS AREA ON SIMILAR VEINS IN THE TRIASSIC META-SEDIMENTS.

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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