Moriah Prospect

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095741
MRDS ID M241543
Record type Site
Current site name Moriah Prospect
Related records 10198209

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.72805, 37.11331 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunflower Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(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 009S 065E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SE SIDE OF KANE SPRINGS VALLEY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.72805, 37.11331

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vigo Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • FRESHLY GRADED ROAD, CUT IN HILLSIDE; SHALLOW PROSPECT PIT

Comments on development

  • NEW CLAIM MARKERS, "MORIAH CLAIMS" (1984). THIS IS IN THE SAME AREA AS SOME 1981 CLAIMS OWNED BY JAMES BRODSHAW-CLAIMS PROBABLY STAKED FOR GOLD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, APRIL 4, 1984.

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970, NBMG BULL 73, PL. 2.

  • Deposit

    MEADOW VALLEY MOUNTAINS G-E-M RESOURCES AREA TECHNICAL REPORT, 1983, FOR BLM.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BUFF-COLORED FLAGGY SANDY SILTSTONE WITH HEMATITE OXIDATION RINGS ALONG BEDDING AND FRACTURE SURFACES, MOSTLY RED TO LIGHT BROWN COLORS, WITH SOME PURPLE. POSSIBLY GOLD-BEARING CARBONACEOUS SHALE.
Deposit PILES OF BURNED TRASH AT SITE; LOOKS AS IF COPPER-OR ALUMINUM WIRE/TRASH HAS BEEN BURNED TO REMOVE INSULATION; ACTIVITY UNRELATED TO MINERAL OCCURRENCE. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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