Gypsy and Helen Groups

Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037377
MRDS ID M032077
Record type Site
Current site name Gypsy and Helen Groups
Alternate or previous names Interocean, Bluebird, Silver Star, White Horse Claims
Related records 10149710, 10173762, 10222282, 10295457

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.07722, 37.95079 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lodge Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
01N 71E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS MAY EXTEND FOR 1000 FT OR SO AROUND UTM POINT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.07722, 37.95079

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N-S And E-W Vein Systems

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 40SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN CAN BE TRACED FOR 3 MILES. VEIN IS CRUSTIFIED & FISSURE FILLING WITH CHALCEDONIC AND COMB QUARTZ, YELLOWISH ANDULARIA, LAMELLAR CARBONATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eagle Valley

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • 17 CARLOADS (?) WORTH $36,760 SHIPPED 1936-1937. 3 CARLOADS SHIPPED FROM GYPSY AND HELEN IN 1941; 2 CARLOADS FROM SILVERSTAR IN 1947

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS IN LINCOLN CO, NEV BUR MINES BULL 73

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 111, 1920, P. 566.

  • Production

    TSCHANTZ AND PAMPAYAN, 1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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