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Fred Branch Property

Occurrence in Churchill 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10045370
MRDS ID M233079
Record type Site
Current site name Fred Branch Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.3729, 39.18685 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 7 MILES SE OF FRENCHMAN, Very Uncertain I Soom Of Mure

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chukar Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 03 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST SLOPE OF FAIRVIEW MOUNTIAN. CLOCATION VERY UNCERTAIN-UTM TO PROSPECT IN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE RAN 0.03OZ/TON AU AND 2.9 OZ/TON AG
Result ANOTHER RAN 0.015OZ/TON ALL AND 2.8OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.3729, 39.18685
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike SE
    Dip 60N
    Length 457.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1934

Mining district

District name Fairview District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fred Branch And Associates
    First year 1935

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 LOCATION SHAFTS AND ONE SHORT TUNNEL THAT CORSSCUTS THE VIEN ABOUT 10 FT LOWERTHAN AND 30 FT WEST OF THE SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • 4 CLAIMS OPENED BY 2 LOCATION SHAFTS AND ONE SHORT TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YORK, B., 1935, UNPUB REPORT ON THE FRED BRANCH; ON FILE AT NGNB, FILE 7; ITEMS 5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS TRACEABLE FOR 1500 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-94 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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