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Bruce Prospect

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095737
MRDS ID M241514
Record type Site
Current site name Bruce Prospect
Related records 10222050

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.3336, 36.95054 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN (15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARP.)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davidson Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Overton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011S 068E 25 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED; LOCATION WAS OBTAINED FROM MILS DATA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE CONTAINED 0.6% FE2O3 & 31.4% A12O3
Result MAX 39% A12O3

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.3336, 36.95054
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLAY CROPS OUT IN PLACES FOR 1000 FT "IN DISTRICT OF INTRUDED SEDIMENTS".

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gourd Springs

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 16.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 4 FT CUT IN OPEN PIT & 55 FT VERTICLE SHAFT

Comments on development

  • EXAMINED BY USBM IN 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ, C.M., & PAYPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO, NEV., NEV. BUEARU OF MINES BULL 73. PG. 177.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-83 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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