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Battle Axe Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045849
MRDS ID M233689
Record type Site
Current site name Battle Axe Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.70781, 38.18801 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4.4 AIRMILES S15E FROM NYALA (MORMON WELL)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nyala(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(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 004N 056E 20,19 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 3 CLAIMS ON SOUTH SIDE OF WILLOW CREEK, SOUTH OF GOODMAN PROPERTY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Analytical data

Result QUARTZ SAID TO AVERAGE $6.40/TON IN AU AND AG IN 1916.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.70781, 38.18801
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Post-Ore Fault Movement Has Crushed Quartz

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N42E
    Dip 60SE
    Thickness 0.25M
    Length 91.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Willow Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN WITH SEVERAL NARROW SUBPARALLEL SUGAR QUARTZ STRINGERS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-82 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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