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Cleveland Claim

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043999
MRDS ID M231313
Record type Site
Current site name Cleveland Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.11623, 40.55018 (WGS84)
Elevation 1875
Relative position 12 MILES SW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galena Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 043E 22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1/2 MI NW OF IRON CANYON MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation;Scott Canyon Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation;Scott Canyon Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.11623, 40.55018
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-Trending Faults, Ene-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Split Off Plumas Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Year of first production 1939

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • 1939 RPODUCTION WAS 4 TONS ORE YIELDING 4 OZ AU AND 12 OZ. AG.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459-

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 ADITS, ONE ON EITHER SIDE OF A TRIBUTARY TO IRON CANYON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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