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Vestal Claim

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Zinc, Lead
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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 10044193
MRDS ID M231557
Record type Site
Current site name Vestal Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.53007, 38.77104 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 0.62 MILES WEST OF DANVILLE RUINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Danville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad 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 011N 048E 24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.53007, 38.77104
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Vestal Shear Striking N 30 W.

Ore body information

  • Strike N25W
    Dip 50SW
    Thickness 0.08M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vestal Shear (?)Silicified Breccia Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Danville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ADITS.2 ADITS, EACH 50 M LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., FIELD EXAMINATION, 29 AUGUST, 1981.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICIFIED BRECCIA OF LIMESTONE AND QUARTZ; ALSO STOCKWORKS OF QUARTZ VEINLETS IN FRACTURED LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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