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Western Claim

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037457
MRDS ID M035309
Record type Site
Current site name Western Claim
Alternate or previous names Pomico Claims Nbmg # 3620

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.38262, 38.44242 (WGS84)
Elevation 1734
Relative position GARFIELD HILLS, 14 MI SE OF HAWTHORNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pamlico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 032E 26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • .8 MI. EAST OF LAZY MAN MINE JUST NORTH OF GARFIELD FLAT ROAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CU IS UNCERTAIN.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.38262, 38.44242
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 E
    Dip 55 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SHALLOW BULLDOZER TRENCH EXPOSES A BARITE VEIN 3 FT. THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pamlico

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT AND TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • RECENT PROSPECTING ; ECON.COM: UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD, N. L., 1966 , INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 14

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, PAMLICO MINING DISTRICT,MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 5-2-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE VEIN CONTAINING MINOR COPPER
Deposit OTHER PROSPECTS IN THE AREA ARE APPARENT BARITE PROSPECTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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