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J.S. Claims

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046019
MRDS ID M233925
Record type Site
Current site name J.S. Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.14894, 40.29909 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Medicine Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ruby Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Long-Ruby Valleys(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Jasper Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.14894, 40.29909
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LENSE OF GOSSAN-JASPER ALONG BEDDING IN N 45 E, 10 NW IN LIMESTON, BARITE PRESENT IN GOSSAN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mud Springs

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Minerals Exploration
    First year 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT

Comments on development

  • CLAIM STAKING IN 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    J.V. TINGLEY FIELD EXAMINATION, 1980. FRACTURE ZONE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OWNERS-U.S. MINERALS EXPLORATION (1980) OLD PROSPECT PIT ON SITE ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION WAS CLAIM STAKING. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Beintz, J.L. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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