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Esmeralda Claim Group

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Manganese
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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. 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044581
MRDS ID M232085
Record type Site
Current site name Esmeralda Claim Group
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Sites 1123 and 1124

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.50398, 37.45717 (WGS84)
Elevation 1902
Relative position 2 MILES WEST OF LIDA AND A HALF MILE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 3.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Magruder Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 0065 040E 03 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result THE ORE CONTAINS $35 AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone
    Rock description Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.50398, 37.45717
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lida District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jones, T. M.
    Home office Lida
    First year 1909

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO 125 FT TUNNELS. . 3 SHALLOW SHAFTS VERY CLOSE TOGETHER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROOT, W.A., 1909, THE LIDA MINING DISTRICT OF NEVADA: MINING WORLD, VOL. 31, NO. 2, P. 123-125.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, 6-2-82.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS ON CU-BEARING VEINS IN LIMESTONE, SPARSELY MINERALIZED. OXIDE ALTERATION IS PERVASIVE ALONG CONTACT AND EA K1 ECAMBXTENDS FOR 0.25 MILE TO THE WEST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 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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