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Hot Spot No. 1

Prospect in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Uranium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197524
MAS/MILS ID 0320070791
Record type Site
Current site name Hot Spot No. 1
Alternate or previous names Hot Spot, Eddie No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -115.97903, 41.8277 (WGS84)
Elevation 1800
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mountain City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045 N 053 E 02 N2NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -115.97903, 41.8277
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • AUTUNITE WAS OBSERVED IN A SMALL SHEAR IN QUARTZ MONZONITE. A 30 BY 30 FT. AREA WAS 2.5 TIMES BACKGROUND RADIATION, AND A 2 BY 2 FT. AREA WAS 9 TIMES BACKGROUND.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mountain City District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE REPORT

  • Deposit

    SL-144, 1956.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 81, 1973, P. 121.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 76-56, 1976, P. 121.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 17-92, 1992, PLATE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 6.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-OCT-91 Schmauch, Steven W. 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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