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Bearpaw Mountain

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045558
MRDS ID M233325
Record type Site
Current site name Bearpaw Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.56814, 41.95684 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bearpaw Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bruneau(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 047N 057E 17 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Diamond A Formation;Bushnell'S Pza, Unit
    Rock description Diamond A Formation;Bushnell'S Pza, Unit
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.56814, 41.95684
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Basin

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL TUNNELS

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL TUNNELS WERE DRIVEN ALONG QUARTZ VEINS IN DIAMOND A FORMATION AND BUSHNELL'S "PZA," UNIT. AS OF 1967, THE CLAIMS WERE ABANDONED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH R.M. (1976) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    BUSHNELL K., (1967) GEOLOGY OF THE ROWLAND QUAD. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 67

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN-GOLD PROSPECT
Deposit SEVERAL TUNNELS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN ALONG QUARTZ FISSURE VEINS IN THE DIAMOND A FORMATION, AND BUSHNELL'S PZA, UNIT. AS OF 1967 THE CLAIMS WERE ABANDONED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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