The Section 23 and 26 Prospects is a gold mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.96917, -119.26917
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Section 23 and 26 Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Section 23 and 26 Prospects
Secondary: NBMG # 4410
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Yerington
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Copper Mineralization Along With Some Unidentified Sulfides
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): A N 15 DEGREES W-STRIKING CAN BE TRACED ON THE SURFACE FOR APPROXIMATELY 300 TO 400 FEET. THE INCLINE WAS SUNK ON THE 55 DEGREE SW DIP OF A VEIN THAT IS HOSTED IN A DEEPLY WEATHERED GRANITE.
Comment (Location): THE ROAD IS MORE A STREAM COURSE THAN A TRAVEL ROUTE
Comment (Workings): SCATTERED SHAFTS AN INCLINE AND PROSPECTS
Comment (Deposit): SAMPLE 4410 WAS TAKEN FROM AN OUTCROPPING PORTION OF THE VEIN ADJACENT TO AND JUST SOUTH OF THE INCLINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY, QUADE VISIT SITE 7-11-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75 .
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
