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Ed Welch Property

Past Producer in Nye 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045730
MRDS ID M233531
Record type Site
Current site name Ed Welch Property
Alternate or previous names Deerclaim May Be Same As Unnamed Prospects #16
Related records 10222199

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.00091, 38.7191 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Round Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 043E 12,14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MILS GIVES LOCATION AS SEC 12, TION, R43E, BUT THIS LOOKS UNLIKELY FROM LOCATION DESCRIPTION ON SOUTH SIDE OF JEFFERSON CREEK, 4.5 MILES BY ROAD NE OF ROUND MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.00091, 38.7191
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1932
Discoverer Located By Walter Bowler And H.W. Carden Of Tonopah; Discovered By Ed Welch

Mining district

District name Jefferson Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT WITH 100 FT OF WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • MINED INTERMITTENTLY, 1932-1940 BY ED WELCH. 3 LESSEES WORKING THE PROPERTY IN SPRING OF 1950 INSTALLED A 3-FT CHILEAN-TYPE MILL AND WERE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A CONCENTRATE ON HUNGARIAN RIFFLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 50

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J., AND ZIONY, J.I., (IN PRESS) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL.

  • Deposit

    USBM, MILS, 1979

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ STRINGERS CONTAINING GOLD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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