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Key W

Occurrence in Eureka 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095715
MRDS ID M233742
Record type Site
Current site name Key W

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.55648, 39.92519 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Walti Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Simpson Park Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
024N 048E 22,27 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidised Sulfides

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANODIORITE INTRUDED INTO LMS TO PRODUCE SKARN, PYRITE IN GRANODIORITE, CHALCOPYRITE, MN STAINING, CU STAINING, GARNETS & OXIDIZED PYRITE, SPHALERITE, DISSIMINATED THROUGHOUT ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Roberts

Comments on the workings information

  • DRILL ROADS & HOLES IN AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Mohsen, Ahmed F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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