Ct. Lawrence Property

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045739
MRDS ID M233552
Record type Site
Current site name Ct. Lawrence Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.26564, 38.75021 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
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

Arc Dome(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)

Arc Dome Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 042E 03,04 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 4 MILES FROM THE MOUTH OF JETT CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES RANGED FROM 0.12 TO 9/52 OZ/TON AG
Result TRACE TO 0.08 OZ/TON AU
Result 0.27 TO 6.89 % ZN
Result 0 TO 11.70 % PA.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.26564, 38.75021

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vertical Fault Cuts Off Vein

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 45S
    Length 457.2M
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jett District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. T. Lawrence
    Last year 1916

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 100-FT. DEEP INCLINE SHAFT; 30-FT TUNNEL; 2-3 SHALLOW CUTS

Comments on development

  • 3 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOTESBURY, H.W., 1916, REPORT ON C.T. LAWRENCE PROPERTY AT JETT CANYON, NYE COUNTY, NEV: NBMG FILE 234 ITEM 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE QUARTZ VEIN WITH SPOTTY MINERALIZATION

Reporter information

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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