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Big Red Prospect W

Prospect in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125291
MAS/MILS ID 0320170396
Record type Site
Current site name Big Red Prospect W
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 3051

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.78227, 37.53326 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Blotch Springs SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005 S 055+E 06 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.78227, 37.53326
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 940126

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Don Dale District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REPORT 46, 1991, P. 5-6.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JAN-1994 Stevenson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.