Unnamed Prospect

Prospect in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246978
MRDS ID M060513
MAS/MILS ID 0320270442
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Alternate or previous names Copper Prospect
Related records 10042644

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.35705, 40.6668 (WGS84)
Elevation 1628
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherry Creek NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032 N 041 E 09 E2NENE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.35705, 40.6668

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MALACHITE & AZURITE ALONG FAULT THAT STRIKES NNW; IN CHERT & QUARTZITE. SHOWS LITTLE PROMISE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1965, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. I -

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH, P. 78.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 89, 1977, PLATE 2A.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-OCT-94 Miller U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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