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Monte Cristo Prospect

Prospect in Nye 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097290
MRDS ID M233632
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Cristo Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.04564, 38.70993 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Round Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(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

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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 044E 21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT ONE MILE EAST OF ROUND MOUNTAIN (EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COARSE, FEATHERY GOLD IN CLAYEY GOUGE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay Alteration Along Fault Zone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Round Mountain Pluton
    Rock description Round Mountain Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.04564, 38.70993
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N80W
    Dip 80S
    Length 45.72M
    Width 0.08M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Year of first production 1915

Mining district

District name Round Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND LATERAL WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • IN 1915, 20 TONS ORE HAD YIELDED ABOUT $2000.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS IN A STREAK OF CLAYEY GOUGE 1-3 INCHES WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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