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Big Deal Claims 1-26

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037460
MRDS ID M035318
Record type Site
Current site name Big Deal Claims 1-26
Alternate or previous names Maxine Claims? Nbmg # 3619

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.39012, 38.42131 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position SO. FLANK GARFIELD HILLS, 15 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 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 MI. EAST OF LOMAN MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Copper Oxides And Sulfides

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.39012, 38.42131
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • A SERIES OF SHALLOW WORKINGS EXPLORE PARALLEL VEINS THAT TREND EAST-WEST IN INTERCALCATED VOLCANICS AND SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. SOME OF THE VEINS ARE MASSIVE QUARTZ;OTHERS ARE STRONGLY BRECCIATED . ; GEOL.DESC: TWO VEINS, UP TO 6 FT. THICK; WHERE VEINS ARE THICKEST THEY CONTAIN BRECCIA OF COUNTRY ROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pamlico

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Delbert Shultz
    Home office P.O. Box 407, Hawthorne,Nv.

Comments on the workings information

  • A 35 FT. SHAFT AND A 170 FT. CROSSCUT UNDER THE SHAFT SHALLOW SHAFTS, ADITS, AND PROSPECTS, CABIN, STOCKPILED ORE, AND A SMALL MILL.

Comments on development

  • MINE IS YET ACTIVE ; ECON.COM: SOME BUT EXACT AMOUNT IS UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, N. L., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MINERAL CO., NEV. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE OWNER HAS BEEN MINING THESE VEINS AND STOCKPILING THE ORE NEAR HIS CABIN AND MILL.

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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