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Sections 31 and 36 Prospects

Occurrence in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095387
MRDS ID M035826
Record type Site
Current site name Sections 31 and 36 Prospects
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 4216
Related records 10246327

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.12792, 38.68713 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position APPROX. 21 MI SOUTH OF YERINGTON, NEV.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Etna(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(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

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 025E;026E 31,36 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Area Of Intense Alteration With Pyritic Replacement

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.12792, 38.68713
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone With Quartz And Quartz Stringers

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Along The Margin Of A Dark Granodiorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1866
Production years WORKED DURING THE PERIOD 1870 TO 1899,NEW AND ACTIVE WORK GOING ON NOW.

Mining district

District name Wilson - Pine Grove

Comments on the workings information

  • GROUP OF PROSPECT PITS AND ADIT

Comments on development

  • AREA OF NEW EXPLORATION AND DOZING ABOVE THE OLD MAJOR WORKINGS OF THE CAMP. ; ECON.COM: PART OF THE TOTAL PRODUCTION OF THE CAMP REPORTED TO BE $220,368.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS,WILSON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 06-15-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLE AU - AG PROSPECTS; EXTENSION OF WILSON MINES?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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