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Moore and Martin Property

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044166
MRDS ID M231527
Record type Site
Current site name Moore and Martin Property
Alternate or previous names Elmore
Related records 10295034

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.86119, 38.58076 (WGS84)
Elevation 2231
Relative position 1.3 MILES SE OF BELMONT TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 045E 36 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE VALUED AT $60-130/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate

Nearby scientific data

(1) Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Ore Is Control By Bedding Planes With A Strike Of N15-20w, Dipping 60-90ne.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Belmont District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Aleer Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT TO 140 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TRANSYLVANIA NO. 1 VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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