Viola Claim

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046032
MRDS ID M233939
Record type Site
Current site name Viola Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.83784, 41.78546 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Contact(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackpot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 045N 063E 15,16 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.83784, 41.78546

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1912

Mining district

District name Contact (48)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Grey Copper Corp.

Comments on development

  • PATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN OF JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK. MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL 847-A

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS CLAIM IS PART OF THE GREY COPPER CORP'S UPPER GROUP OF CLAIMS. IT IS LOCATED ON SCHRADER'S (1912) CLAIM MAP, BUT NO FURTHER MENTION IS MADE IN THE LITERATURE. MINERAL SURRY NO. 4235

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Weimer, Becky S. 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.