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Silver Giant Claim Group

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044645
MRDS ID M232193
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Giant Claim Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.3673, 41.75907 (WGS84)
Elevation 2957
Relative position WEST FLANK MARY'S RIVER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gods Pocket Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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)

Jarbidge Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 058E 25,36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1500 FT. DUE WEST OF MARY'S RIVER PEAK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.2 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.3673, 41.75907
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN
    Strike N15W
    Dip 16NE
    Thickness 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS DK-GREY TO GREENISH TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONE WITH A CONGLOMERATE BED 3 INCHES TO 5 FEET THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939

Mining district

District name Jarbidge District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 5.49M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT, ADIT

Comments on development

  • LOCATED IN JULY AND SEPT., 1939; RELOCATED IN 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COATS, R.R., GREEN, R.C., CRESS, L.D., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JARBIDGE WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS. ELKO CO., NEV: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1439

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED IN JULY AND SEPT. 1939; RELOCATED IN 1960. AND ADIT WAS DRIVEN 18 FEET S85E ALONG THE CONGLOMERATE ZONE; ALSO DEVELOPED BY ADIT 1500 FT. NORTH OF THE ADIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit CONGLOMERATE BED; SILVER PROSPECT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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