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Aztec Claim

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Antimony, 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10044108
MRDS ID M231446
Record type Site
Current site name Aztec Claim
Related records 10296400

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.39792, 40.36045 (WGS84)
Elevation 1390

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arabia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 032E 21 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bindheimite Ore
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.39792, 40.36045
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 60N
    Thickness 0.15M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IS 6 INCHES THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Arabia District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KNOPF, A., 1918, ANTIMONIAL SILVER-LEAD VEINS OF THE ARABIA DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 660

  • Deposit

    DECKER, D.J., 1972, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ARABIA DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: M.S. THESIS UNR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG A FISSURE THAT MAY BE THE WESTWARD EXTENSION OF THE FISSURE OF THE MONTEZUMA ORE BODY
Deposit THE AZTEC CLAIM IS IN ALOCATION IN WHICH THE MINERALIZATION OCCURED ALONG A FISSURE THAT IS POSSIBLY THE WESTWARD EXTENSION OF THE FISSURE ON WHICH THE MONTEZUMA ORE BODY IS SITUATED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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