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Viken Claim

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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 10044401
MRDS ID M231814
Record type Site
Current site name Viken Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22204, 39.00992 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 2.4 MILE WEST OF MILLETT RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Millett Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(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 013N 042E 02 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.22204, 39.00992
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW SEAMS
    Strike N55E
    Dip 55SE
    Length 18.29M
    Width 0.25M
    Depth to bottom 10.67M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • FRESH-APPEARING CLOTS AND CUBES OF PYRITE IN VEIN WITH MINOR COPPER OXIDE STAINING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Twin River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Carl And Gene Reinecke

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW SHAFT, SOME TRENCHES. WORKINGS DONE ABOUT 1950'S. THE DEPOSIT IS DEVELOPED TO A DEPTH OF 35 FT BY STOPES ALONG 60 FT OF THE VEIN. 1981 FIELD EXAMINATION REPORTED CONNECTING OPEN STOPES, 2 ADITS, ROCK BUILDINGS AND OLD HOISTING MACHINERY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 187

  • 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

    TINGLEY,J.V., FIELD EXAMINATION, 9/18/81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN VUGGY QUARTZ VEINS ALONG SHEAR ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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

Beyond USGS

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

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