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Uncle Sam Claim

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044418
MRDS ID M231834
Record type Site
Current site name Uncle Sam Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.37729, 38.52855 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position ON BOTH SIDES OF HOT CREEK CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Fish Lake(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 008N 050E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PATENTED CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.37729, 38.52855
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • North Bearing Shear Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tybo District; Hot Creek Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bonny Onelas Of Tonopah

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL SHIPMENT OF ORE CONTAINING $9 PER TON

Comments on the workings information

  • NO INFORMATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 194-19

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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