Bernie and Bernie 2,3 Claims

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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 10045308
MRDS ID M233009
Record type Site
Current site name Bernie and Bernie 2,3 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.18566, 38.31382 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 1 MI S OF WHITE ROCK SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camp Douglas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 034E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Excelsior
    Rock description Excelsior

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.18566, 38.31382

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Strong Folding With Local Overturning Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Aureole

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Star District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Spencer, L. B.
    Home office Mina, Nevada

Comments on the workings information

  • 250-FT DRIFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit METAVOLCANIC ROCKS OF THE EXCELSIOR FORMATION, FACE OF DRIFT NEARLY TO SILVER DYKE QUARTZ VEIN SYSTEM IN AUGUST 1956.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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