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Old West Mining Claim 1-30

Occurrence in White Pine 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095721
MRDS ID M233767
Record type Site
Current site name Old West Mining Claim 1-30

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.92837, 39.5841 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steptoe Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 063E 19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mountain
    Rock description Prospect Mountain
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.92837, 39.5841
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECT MTN QTZITE OUTCROPS ON N FACING SLOPE IN VICINITY OF PROSPECTS & ADITS. THE CLEAN QTZITE IS PINKISH, FINE GRAINED & CONTAINS A FEW COARSE GRAINED PEBBLES, (PINKISH). A QTZ VEIN IS EXPOSED ON SOUTH SIDE OF LOWEST CAVED ADIT. VEIN STRIKES N-S IS IN PART BRECCIATED & IN EXCESS OF 5FT WIDE. VEIN MATERIAL IS OF WHITE MASSIVE QTZ WITH A SPRINKLING OF SULFIDES (PYRITE) WHICH ARE MOSTLY OXIDIZED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Granite

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utility Construction Co. Glenn Taylor, E. Ely Newk Claims=Noranda

Comments on the workings information

  • RECENT FLAGGINGS & CLAIM POSTS.

Comments on development

  • NUMEROUS PROSPECTS & ADITS IN PROSPECT MTN QTZITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

Reporter information

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

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