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Section 31 Shaft and Adit

Occurrence in Carson City county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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 10092967
MRDS ID N000312
Record type Site
Current site name Section 31 Shaft and Adit
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 3660

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.67489, 39.12573 (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 21E 31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESS IS VIA POOR ROADS FROM THE EAST VIA BRUNSWICK CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Gossan And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.67489, 39.12573
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form GOSSAN
    Strike N 15 DEGREES E
    Dip 75 DEGREES NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IN THE VEIN SYSTEM INCLUDES A DISTINCT LIME-GREEN OXIDE COATING.

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

  • ROADS SHAFT, ADIT, TRENCHING, AND PROSPECTING

Comments on development

  • AT LEAST TWO PHASES ONE SUNK THE SHAFT AND ADIT; THE OTHER CONSIST OF TRENCHING AND PROSPECTING ; ECON.COM: PRODUCTION: UNKNOWN

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 A 6 FOOT GOSSAN-LIKE,IRON-STAINED,SILICIFIED VEIN BEARING N 15 DEGREES E, AND DIPPING 75 DEGREES NW IN LIMESTONE.
Deposit THE HOST LIMESTONE IS TRIASSIC AGE.

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

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