Gylding prospect, Bullion Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USAi
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Gylding prospect | Prospect |
Bullion Mining District | Mining District |
Lander County | County |
Nevada | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 18' 51'' North , 116° 41' 56'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Crescent Valley | 392 (2011) | 15.3km |
Battle Mountain | 3,635 (2011) | 41.5km |
Mindat Locality ID:
60030
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:60030:8
GUID (UUID V4):
a17d6113-79b0-4316-935b-c3f7546b852b
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Raleigh; Gelding prospect
Sec 8 T28N R47E Copper
Structure: Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust
Alteration: The Fountry Rocks Have Been Argillized While Closer To The Granodiorite Stock They Have Been Pyrometasomatized.
Deposit: The raleigh claims adjoin the gold quartz group on the north. A shaft was sunk on the rhyolite dike, and an inclined shaft and drift explored a fault zone which dips 30 degrees nw. The 4 to 5 foot wide gouge cone was mined froma stope and a winze ; info.src : 1 pub lit
Geology: At the south end of the property there are 3 n W veins, the middle and westerly one junction near the middle of the property. This west vein is the little gem vein, and a. E. Raleigh claimed that the ore chute rakes from the little gem into the gylding claim (carpor, 1920). The deposit is adjacent to the north contact of the oligocene tenabo stock where it intrudes the paleozoic rocks.
Rock formation(s): Valmy Foundation
Ore(s): Sheeted And Faulted Zones In The Country Rock Served To Localize Intrusive Dikes & Hydrothermal Fluids.
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3 valid minerals.
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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
S | Sulfur | |
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S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
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Link to USGS MRDS: | 10044894 |
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