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Tainbow, Sunrise, & African Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045769
MRDS ID M233590
Record type Site
Current site name Tainbow, Sunrise, & African Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.0887, 38.54271 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.6 AIRMILES WEST OF TOP OF MUSTANG HILL, Utm Is To Near Center Of Claim Group

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manhattan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 044E 19 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN MANHATTAN GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Analytical data

Result FINENESS: 700.8 PPT AU
Result 289.0 PPT AG
Result 9.3 PPT BASE METALS

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.0887, 38.54271
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 1.83M
    Depth to top 60M
    Depth to bottom 65M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHAFT SHOWS 10 FT OF ROUGHLY STRATIFIED MATERIAL (CHIEFLY RHYOLITE FRAGMENTS), UNDERLAIN BY 40 FT. OF EVENLY-BEDDED FINE GRAVEL AND SAND, UNDERLAIN BY UNCEMENTED, FINE SLATEY GRAVEL, UNDERLAIN BY 1-6 FT OF PAY GRAVEL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 21.95M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT OPPOSITE WOLFTONE IS 72 FT DEEP; SHAFT ON AFRICAN CLAIM IS 65 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFT OPPOSITE WOLFTONE PT. IS 72 FT. TO BEDROCK. SHAFT ON AFRICAN CLAIM IS 65 FT. DEEP. PAY GRAVEL LAYER RESTS ON BEDROCK AND IS 1 TO 6 FT THICK HERE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 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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