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Mayolli Claim

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Mineral occurrence model 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044380
MRDS ID M231789
Record type Site
Current site name Mayolli Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.54976, 38.38551 (WGS84)
Elevation 1878
Relative position 0.5 MILE NORTH OF IRWIN CAMP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullwhacker Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(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 006N 057E 10 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Analytical data

Result 1951 - A GRAB SAMPLE FROM THE DUMP ASSAY $5.60 IN GOLD PER TON.

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) Tertiary
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Cretaceous
    Chronological age 23
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Troy Peak Pluton
    Rock description Troy Peak Pluton

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.54976, 38.38551
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 17 E
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along The Fault Contact Of Limestone And Quartz Monzonite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Troy District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO 80 FT FLATLY INCLINED SHAFTS. 100-FT DRIFT AT BOTTOM OF ONE SHAFT AND 20-FT DRIFT AT BOTTOM OF THE OTHER.

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

    KRAL,V.E. (1951), NBMG BULL 51 P. 178.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS HAVE LIMESTONE AND SHALE IN HANGING WALL AND QUARTZ MONZONITE IN FOOTWALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 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

Beyond USGS

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

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