A.J.C. No. 5 Claim

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045166
MRDS ID M232850
Record type Site
Current site name A.J.C. No. 5 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.26927, 39.77408 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilbert Creek SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 042E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Copper Ore
Pyromorphite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Stibnite Gangue

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 Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.26927, 39.77408

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roberts Mountain Thrust

Comments on the geologic information

  • SECONDARY MINERALS, SUCH AS COPPER CARBONATES AND SILICATES, ARE COMMON, LESS COMMON ARE ANGLESITE, CERUSSITE, AND PYROMONPHITE. THE QUARTZ VEINS ARE A FEW INCHES TO 6 FT WIDE BUT ARE OF SHORT STRIKE AND DIP LENGHT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ravedswood District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • LES THAN $5,000 PRODUCED THROUGH 1969

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRCTS IN DANDER COUNTY, NEVADA; U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7043.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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