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Crystal Prospect

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Mercury, 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. 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125403
MRDS ID M241532
MAS/MILS ID 0320170416
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 578, Part of the Clover Group, Crystal Mercury
Related records 10046384

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.31722, 37.24308 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Nose Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(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 008 S 069 E 19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Mercury Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Cinnabar Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Carbonate Shelf Sequence - Limestone
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 940126

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Viola District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Crystal Mining Corp. Of Nevada
    Year 1957

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JAN-94 Stevenson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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