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Hermosa Claim

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037031
MRDS ID M030077
Record type Site
Current site name Hermosa Claim
Related records 10149171

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.48973, 35.82 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 4 MILES SW OF GOODSPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodsprings(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
024S 058E 32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 3000 FT. N OF THE HOOSIER WORKINGS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Ore
Galena Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.48973, 35.82
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Faulting

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes Of Less Permeability

Comments on the geologic information

  • ZONE IS PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING, LEAD ORE HAS YIELDED UNCOMMON ASSEMBLAGE OF OXICTIZED PB MINERALS - CARBONATE, MOLYBDATE, AND PHOSPHATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goodsprings

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Kennedy
    First year 1922

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 151 .

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING; 1962 B; MOLYBDENUM IN NEV; NEV. BUR. OF MINES, REPORT 2 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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