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Horse Shoe Claims ?

Past Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Perlite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037655
MRDS ID M035817
Record type Site
Current site name Horse Shoe Claims ?
Related records 10295641

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.06514, 38.6263 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position APPROX. 14 MI SE OF WELLINGTON NEV

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Grove Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 026E 22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • TUNNEL 5 MILES SW OF CAMBRIDGE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Perlite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OF 5 SAMPLES TAKEN BY NEV. BUREAU IN 1945 , AU AVERAGED 0.14 OZ. PER TON, AG AVE. 1.7 OZ. PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 09 E
    Dip 35 E
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1928

Mining district

District name Wilson - Pine Grove

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ira Fallon, Fallon, Nv., P. B. Mapes, Yerrington, Nv.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75

  • Deposit

    1945 GEOLMAP NEV. STATE BUREAU OF MINES, UNPUBLISHED DAT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) 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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