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Unnamed Shaft

Prospect in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Iron, 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246192
MRDS ID M241592
MAS/MILS ID 0320170527
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Shaft
Related records 10046433

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.61054, 37.90576 (WGS84)
Elevation 2027
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

Highland Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001 N 066 E 31 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.61054, 37.90576
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 940127

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Comet District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FITCH, D.C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA: MS THESIS, UNIV. OF

  • Deposit

    MEXICO, SOCORRO, NM., P. 55.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-JAN-94 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

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