Miss Nevada Claim

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, Iron
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044037
MRDS ID M231356
Record type Site
Current site name Miss Nevada Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.07761, 40.61796 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
Relative position 8 MILES WSW OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEV

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)

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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 043E 25 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1/2 MILE NW OF BUCKINGHAM CAMP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 3 STRINGERS OF ORE IN THE FACE ASSAYED 0.04 OZ/TON AU AND 22.6 OZ/TON AG
Result 13.5% PB AND 28.5% ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.07761, 40.61796

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 40NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. Nevada Mines Co.
    First year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. And R. Nevada Mines Co.
    First year 1954

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN $5000 WORTH OF PRODUCTION

Comments on development

  • WORKED IN THE EARLY 1900'S AND WAS LATER REOPENEIN LATE 1954 BY C. AND R. NEVADA MINES CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN WAS WORKED IN THE EARLY 1900'S, AND WAS LATER REOPENED IN LATE 1954 BY THE C AND R NEVADA MINES CO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) 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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