Petrol Claims

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045327
MRDS ID M233030
Record type Site
Current site name Petrol Claims
Alternate or previous names Candelaria Exploration Co., Figg-Hoblyn Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.08038, 38.15354 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candelaria(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 035E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Jamesonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Candelaria Formation
    Rock description Candelaria Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.08038, 38.15354

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description District Is Bounded On North By A Major Post-Mineral Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Folding, Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N40W
    Dip 60 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Candelaria District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner T. R. W. Francis Figg-Hoblyn, F. S. Maclean; Santa Barbara, California.

Comments on the workings information

  • 300-FT CROSSCUT, A 135-FT DRIFT ON VEIN, AND A WINZE BEING SUNK IN SUMMER OF 1956.

Comments on development

  • ONE OF THE OLD MINES OF THE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN STRIKES N 40 W, DIPS 60 NE, 8 FEET WIDE, ORE REPORTEDLY 2 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Flynn, Patricia D. (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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.