Scientific data near [40.99174,-117.39981]

Search area extends approximately 2.2 km east-west and 2.9 km north-south.

Geographic context

Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans
Humboldt	county
Nevada	state
United States	country
North America	continent
Land	continent
Map quadrangles, from USGS or Canadian NTS
Golconda	quadrangle 1:24,000 scale
Winnemucca	quadrangle 1:100,000 scale
Winnemucca	quadrangle 1:250,000 scale
Watershed boundaries (USGS hydrologic units)
Lower Humboldt	hydrologic unit
Humboldt	hydrologic accounting unit
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt	hydrologic subregion
Great Basin	hydrologic region

Geology of US states

Digital geologic maps of the US states with consistent lithology, age, GIS database structure, and format

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Unit	State	Lithology
Nolan Belt - Phyllite, schist, shale, thin-bedded limestone, chert, and siltstone	NV	Cambrian
Crossbedded quartzite, siltstone, and phyllite	NV	Lower Cambrian and latest Proterozoic
Alluvium, undifferentiated	NV	Holocene and Pleistocene
Older alluvium and alluvial fan deposits	NV	Pleistocene and Pliocene

Airborne geophysical surveys

Aerial surveys of magnetic anomaly and gamma ray emission; older surveys were analog record which have been digitized, newer surveys collected data in digital form.

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ID	Data type	Description
Winnemucca '69	M-Dz	Winnemucca '69 1599 line km with spacing 1.60 km over parts of NV
Mc Dermitt	M/R-D	Mc Dermitt 4860 line km with spacing 4.80 km over parts of NV-OR-ID
Winnemucca	M/R-D	Winnemucca 4747 line km with spacing 4.80 km over parts of NV
North-central Nevada I	M-Dz	North-central Nevada I 6091 line km with spacing 1.60 km over parts of NV
Getchell EM	M-D	Getchell EM 1850 line km with spacing 0.20 km over parts of NV

Estimates of undiscovered mineral resources

National Mineral Resource Assessment 1998: Estimates of the number of undiscovered mineral resources of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc within identified permissive tracts (geographic areas in which mineral deposits may form).

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Tract	Deposit Type	Mineralization age
GB08	Porphyry Cu	Cretaceous
GB10	Porphyry Cu	Jurassic
GB23	Epithermal vein, Comstock	Tertiary
GB28	Hot-spring Au-Ag	Tertiary
GB30	Sediment-hosted Au	Phanerozoic
GB05	Skarn Au, truncated	Mesozoic - Tertiary
GB15	Polymetallic replacement + skarn Zn-Pb	Mesozoic - Tertiary
GB02	Skarn Cu	Mesozoic - Tertiary
GB09	Porphyry Cu	Tertiary
GB18	Distal disseminated Ag-Au	Mesozoic - Tertiary
GB26	Epithermal vein, quartz-alunite	Tertiary

The continental crust

Seventy-seven major components of the North American continent were delineated at a general scale (1:5,000,000); including the general composition, geological environment, and types of primary metals endowments that can be expected in each domain.

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Domain	Crust type	Region
Mojave	Lateral-extensional orogen	Central and Southwest

National geochemical survey database

National-scale geochemical analysis of stream sediments and soils in the US, from existing data, reanalysis of existing samples, and new sampling. Goal for sample density is one per 289 square km.

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Sample ID	Material	Source
D-550698	Sediment	Stream, Dry

Geochemistry of stream sediments in the US from the NURE-HSSR database

National-scale geochemical analysis of stream sediments and soils in the US collected and analyzed under the National Uranium Resource Evaluation program.

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Sample ID	Date collected	Sample type
5148968	1976-08-26	Dry stream sediment sample dried at 110øC and sieved to -18 and +35 mesh (less than 1000 and greater than 500 microns).

Sediment-hosted gold deposits of the world

Location and characteristics of 123 sediment-hosted gold deposits worldwide.

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Deposit name	Deposit type	Location
Preble	Carlin	Nevada, U.S.A.

National Geochemical Database: Rock

Geochemical analysis of rock samples collected and analyzed by the USGS. This dataset includes and supersedes rock data formerly released as "Geochemistry of igneous rocks in the US extracted from the PLUTO database"

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Sample ID	Rock type	Rock name
BBG181
BBG182
BBG207
BBG208
BBG209
BBG210
BBG211
BBG215
BBG285
BBG308
BBG309
BBG310
BBG311
BBG312
BBG313
BBG314
BBG315
BBG316
BBG317
BBG318
BBG319
BBG322
BBG323
BBG324
BBG325
BBG326
BBG327
BBG397
BBG398
BBG400
BBG401
BBG402
BGL077
BGL086
D563047	sedimentary
D563048	sedimentary
D563049	sedimentary
D563050	sedimentary
D563051	sedimentary
D563052	sedimentary
D563053	sedimentary
D563054	sedimentary
D563055	sedimentary
D563056	sedimentary
D563057	sedimentary
D563058	sedimentary
D563059	sedimentary
D563060	sedimentary
D563061	sedimentary
D563062	sedimentary
D563063	sedimentary
D563064	sedimentary
D563065	sedimentary
D563066	sedimentary
D563067	sedimentary
D563068	sedimentary
D563069	sedimentary
D563070	sedimentary
D563071	sedimentary
D563072	sedimentary
D563073	sedimentary
D563074	sedimentary
D563075	sedimentary
D563076	sedimentary
D563077	sedimentary
D563078	sedimentary
D563079	sedimentary
D563080	sedimentary
D563081	sedimentary
D563082	sedimentary
D563083	sedimentary
D563084	sedimentary
D563085	sedimentary
D563086	sedimentary
D563087	sedimentary
D563088	sedimentary
D563089	sedimentary
D563090	sedimentary
D563091	sedimentary
D563092	sedimentary
D563093	sedimentary
D563094	sedimentary
D563095	sedimentary
D563096	sedimentary
D563097	sedimentary
D563098	sedimentary
D563099	sedimentary
D563100	sedimentary
D563101	sedimentary
D563102	sedimentary
D563103	sedimentary
D563104	sedimentary
D563105	sedimentary
D563106	sedimentary
D563107	sedimentary
D563108	sedimentary
D563109	sedimentary
D563110	sedimentary
D563111	sedimentary
D563112	sedimentary
D563113	sedimentary
D563114	sedimentary
D563115	sedimentary
M165076	sedimentary	limestone
M176429	sedimentary	limestone
M176451	sedimentary	shale
M176452	metamorphic	phyllite
M176453

Mineral Resource Data System

MRDS describes metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources throughout the world. Included are deposit name, location, commodity, deposit description, geologic characteristics, production, reserves, resources, and references.

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Site name	Development	Commodities
Preble Mine	Past Producer	AU BA CU
Silver Lode Claims	Past Producer	AU AG CU W
Preble Mine	Plant	AU AG HG
Preble Mine	Past Producer	AU BA CU HG SB
Maggie No. 1 Claim	Past Producer	AU AG W
Humboldt River Canyon	Occurrence	STN_C

National Geochemical Database: Sediment

Geochemical analysis of sediment samples from the National Geochemical Database. Primarily inorganic elemental concentrations, most samples are of stream sediment in the continental US and Alaska.

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Sample ID	Sample source	Sample notes
D550698	surface

National Geochemical Database: Soil

Geochemical analysis of soil samples from the National Geochemical Database. Primarily inorganic elemental concentrations, most samples are from the continental US and Alaska.

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Sample ID	Sample source	Sample notes
BGL090	surface	AL
DAJ704	surface	xcoord = 466379; ycoord = 453764
DAJ705	surface	xcoord = 466252; ycoord = 453782
DAJ706	surface	xcoord = 466258; ycoord = 453858
DAJ707	surface	xcoord = 466251; ycoord = 453870
DAJ708	surface	xcoord = 466812; ycoord = 453771
DAJ709	surface	xcoord = 466801; ycoord = 453879
DAJ710	surface	xcoord = 466006; ycoord = 453802
DAJ711	surface	xcoord = 466081; ycoord = 453813
DAJ712	surface	xcoord = 466074; ycoord = 453820
DAJ713	surface	xcoord = 466622; ycoord = 453827
DAJ714	surface	xcoord = 466610; ycoord = 453834
DAJ715	surface	xcoord = 466400; ycoord = 453842
DAJ716	surface	xcoord = 466215; ycoord = 453799
DAJ717	surface	xcoord = 466701; ycoord = 453790
DAJ718	surface	xcoord = 466111; ycoord = 453764
DAJ719	surface	xcoord = 466344; ycoord = 453780
DAJ720	surface	xcoord = 466416; ycoord = 453790
DAJ721	surface	xcoord = 466466; ycoord = 453796
DAJ722	surface	xcoord = 466084; ycoord = 453811
DAJ723	surface	xcoord = 466980; ycoord = 453764
DAJ724	surface	xcoord = 467012; ycoord = 453823
DAJ725	surface	xcoord = 466624; ycoord = 453748
DAJ726	surface	xcoord = 466410; ycoord = 453840
DAJ727	surface	xcoord = 466540; ycoord = 453832
DAJ728	surface	xcoord = 466582; ycoord = 453839
DAJ729	surface	xcoord = 466435; ycoord = 453801
DAJ730	surface	xcoord = 466401; ycoord = 453782
DAJ731	surface	xcoord = 466620; ycoord = 453752
DAJ733	surface	xcoord = 466719; ycoord = 453841
DAJ734	surface	xcoord = 466108; ycoord = 453785
DAJ735	surface	xcoord = 466123; ycoord = 453831
DAJ736	surface	xcoord = 466219; ycoord = 453839
DAJ737	surface	xcoord = 466246; ycoord = 453752
DAJ738	surface	xcoord = 466271; ycoord = 453768
DAJ739	surface	xcoord = 466279; ycoord = 453760
DAJ740	surface	xcoord = 466831; ycoord = 453754
DAJ741	surface	xcoord = 466890; ycoord = 453790
DAJ742	surface	xcoord = 466600; ycoord = 453763
DAJ743	surface	xcoord = 466635; ycoord = 453770
DAJ744	surface	xcoord = 466852; ycoord = 453848
DAJ745	surface	xcoord = 466911; ycoord = 453750
DAJ746	surface	xcoord = 466621; ycoord = 453811
DAJ747	surface	xcoord = 466710; ycoord = 453820
DAJ748	surface	xcoord = 466685; ycoord = 453801
DAJ749	surface	xcoord = 466480; ycoord = 453800
DAJ750	surface	xcoord = 466466; ycoord = 453851
DAJ751	surface	xcoord = 466080; ycoord = 453845
DAJ752	surface	xcoord = 467011; ycoord = 453827
DAJ753	surface	xcoord = 466981; ycoord = 453729
DAJ754	surface	xcoord = 466821; ycoord = 453785
DAJ755	surface	xcoord = 466219; ycoord = 453762
DAJ756	surface	xcoord = 466286; ycoord = 453762
DAJ757	surface	xcoord = 466547; ycoord = 453811
DAJ758	surface	xcoord = 466016; ycoord = 453812
DAJ759	surface	xcoord = 466111; ycoord = 453847
DAJ760	surface	xcoord = 466784; ycoord = 453760
DAJ761	surface	xcoord = 466819; ycoord = 453829
DAJ762	surface	xcoord = 466888; ycoord = 453749
DAJ763	surface	xcoord = 466850; ycoord = 453772
DAJ764	surface	xcoord = 466621; ycoord = 453762
DAJ765	surface	xcoord = 466108; ycoord = 453841
DAJ766	surface	xcoord = 466899; ycoord = 453832
DAJ767	surface	xcoord = 466208; ycoord = 453834
DAJ768	surface	xcoord = 466226; ycoord = 453762
DAJ769	surface	xcoord = 466185; ycoord = 453762
DAJ770	surface	xcoord = 466680; ycoord = 453789
DAJ771	surface	xcoord = 466111; ycoord = 453880
DAJ772	surface	xcoord = 466179; ycoord = 453799
DAJ773	surface	xcoord = 466925; ycoord = 453771
DAJ774	surface	xcoord = 466761; ycoord = 453820
DAJ775	surface	xcoord = 466811; ycoord = 453811
DAJ776	surface	xcoord = 466425; ycoord = 453811
DAJ777	surface	xcoord = 466311; ycoord = 453788
DAJ778	surface	xcoord = 466740; ycoord = 453811
DAJ779	surface	xcoord = 466695; ycoord = 453770
DAJ780	surface	xcoord = 466511; ycoord = 453752
DAJ781	surface	xcoord = 466306; ycoord = 453850
DAJ782	surface	xcoord = 466290; ycoord = 453846
DAJ783	surface	xcoord = 466290; ycoord = 453831
DAJ784	surface	xcoord = 466048; ycoord = 453768
DAJ785	surface	xcoord = 466068; ycoord = 453751
DAJ786	surface	xcoord = 466011; ycoord = 453782
DAJ787	surface	xcoord = 466841; ycoord = 453777
DAJ788	surface	xcoord = 466442; ycoord = 453751
DAJ789	surface	xcoord = 466488; ycoord = 453762
DAJ790	surface	xcoord = 466611; ycoord = 453791
DAJ791	surface	xcoord = 466314; ycoord = 453832
DAJ792	surface	xcoord = 466385; ycoord = 453830
DAJ793	surface	xcoord = 466224; ycoord = 453754
DAJ794	surface	xcoord = 466693; ycoord = 453761
DAJ795	surface	xcoord = 466119; ycoord = 453788
DAJ797	surface	xcoord = 466741; ycoord = 453764
DAJ798	surface	xcoord = 466911; ycoord = 453759
DAJ799	surface	xcoord = 466513; ycoord = 453759
DAJ800	surface	xcoord = 466396; ycoord = 453762
DAJ801	surface	xcoord = 466391; ycoord = 453811
DAJ802	surface	xcoord = 466894; ycoord = 453823
DAJ803	surface	xcoord = 466722; ycoord = 453824
DAJ804	surface	utmx = 466234.; utmy = 453781.
DAJ805	surface	utmx = 466388.; utmy = 453844.
DAJ806	surface	utmx = 466164.; utmy = 453811.
DAJ807	surface	utmx = 466761.; utmy = 453822.
DAJ808	surface	utmx = 466790.; utmy = 453777.
DAJ809	surface	utmx = 466660.; utmy = 453841.
DAJ810	surface	utmx = 466918.; utmy = 453749.
DAJ811	surface	utmx = 466990.; utmy = 453851.
DAJ812	surface	utmx = 466541.; utmy = 453763.
DAJ813	surface	utmx = 466501.; utmy = 453848.
DAJ814	surface	utmx = 466364.; utmy = 453800.
DAJ815	surface	utmx = 466911.; utmy = 453759.
DAJ816	surface	utmx = 466841.; utmy = 453840.
DAJ817	surface	utmx = 466411.; utmy = 453777.
DAJ818	surface	utmx = 466119.; utmy = 453769.
DAJ819	surface	utmx = 466395.; utmy = 453769.
DAJ820	surface	utmx = 466517.; utmy = 453761.
DAJ821	surface	utmx = 466075.; utmy = 453831.
DAJ822	surface	utmx = 466810.; utmy = 453790.
DAJ823	surface	utmx = 466994.; utmy = 453821.
DAJ824	surface	utmx = 466247.; utmy = 453788.
DAJ825	surface	utmx = 466194.; utmy = 453811.
DAJ826	surface	utmx = 466225.; utmy = 453776.
DAJ827	surface	utmx = 466403.; utmy = 453761.
DAJ828	surface	utmx = 466494.; utmy = 453820.
DAJ829	surface	utmx = 466489.; utmy = 453811.
DAJ830	surface	utmx = 466322.; utmy = 453840.
DAJ831	surface	utmx = 466306.; utmy = 453823.
DAJ832	surface	utmx = 466219.; utmy = 453781.
DAJ833	surface	utmx = 466118.; utmy = 453850.
DAJ834	surface	utmx = 466111.; utmy = 453769.
DAJ835	surface	utmx = 466115.; utmy = 453764.
DAJ836	surface	utmx = 466170.; utmy = 453865.
DAJ837	surface	utmx = 466153.; utmy = 453781.
DAJ838	surface	utmx = 466312.; utmy = 453774.
DAJ839	surface	utmx = 466911.; utmy = 453831.
DAJ840	surface	utmx = 466772.; utmy = 453761.
DAJ841	surface	utmx = 466811.; utmy = 453798.
DAJ842	surface	utmx = 466950.; utmy = 453782.
DAJ843	surface	utmx = 466622.; utmy = 453763.
DAJ844	surface	utmx = 466235.; utmy = 453881.
DAJ845	surface	utmx = 466391.; utmy = 453781.
DAJ846	surface	utmx = 466311.; utmy = 453777.
DAJ847	surface	utmx = 466227.; utmy = 453880.
DAJ848	surface	utmx = 466411.; utmy = 453762.
DAJ849	surface	utmx = 466915.; utmy = 453761.
DAJ850	surface	utmx = 466428.; utmy = 453797.
DAJ851	surface	utmx = 466511.; utmy = 453821.
DAJ852	surface	utmx = 466387.; utmy = 453843.
DAJ853	surface	utmx = 466375.; utmy = 453832.

Global assessment of undiscovered copper resources

Deposits, prospects, and permissive tracts for porphyry and sediment-hosted copper resources worldwide, with estimates of undiscovered copper resources.

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Tract name	Deposit type	Geology
Cascade Arc	porphyry copper	U.S. part of a continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Pacific and Juan de Fuca plates beneath western North America
Great Basin Tertiary	porphyry copper	Mid-Tertiary volcanic fields associated with postsubduction extension in the Great Basin
Sierran Arc	porphyry copper	A composite island-continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath western North America
Western U.S. and Sonoran Desert Jurassic Arc	porphyry copper	U.S. and Mexican parts of a composite island-continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath western North America

Prospect- and mine-related features on USGS topographic maps

Symbols indicating mining-related features digitized from historical USGS topographic maps in the western part of the conterminous US. Includes prospect pits, mine shafts and adits, quarries, open-pit mines, tailings piles and ponds, gravel and borrow pit

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Feature ID	Feature type	Feature name
Adit	point
Adit	point
Adit	point
Adit	point
Adit	point
Adit	point
Adit	point	Mine
Adit	point	Mine
Adit	point	Mine
Adit	point	Mine
Adit	point	Mine
Adit	point	Mine