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Sample Site 1216, 1217, 1218

Past Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098671
MRDS ID M242085
Record type Site
Current site name Sample Site 1216, 1217, 1218
Related records 10271431

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.79506, 37.03246 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Springdale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahute Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 10S 46E 26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcedony Gangue
Hematite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bullfrog

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 500 FT (VERT) SHAFT, TRENCHES AND SURFACE CUTS, 2 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH/QUADE, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 26 APR 82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RHYOLITE IS CUT BA SACCHROIDAL QUARTZ VEINING. VEINING IS HEAVILY MN STAINED, VUGGY, BOX WORKED WITH PYRITE GHOSTS, BRECCIATED AND CEMENTED WITH SILICA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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