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Ballyoran Claims

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Barium-Barite, Silver, Arsenic, Iron, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046492
MRDS ID M241659
Record type Site
Current site name Ballyoran Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1740
Related records 10270695

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.76056, 37.59275 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pahroc Spring SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 64E 13 CENTER OF S2 OF S2 OF S2 OF S2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1740 CONTAINS 2% FE, 100 PPM MN, 20 PPM AG, 2000 PPM AS, 150 PPM BA, 200 PPM CU, 3000 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 100 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 1000 PPM ZN, 70 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Highland Peak 1
    Rock description Highland Peak 1

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.76056, 37.59275
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1981

Mining district

District name Delamar District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sandra Lausen, Agent For Gold Quest Inc.
    Home office P.O. Box 313, Wells, NV
    First year 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHALLOW PROSPECTS; THE MAIN PROSPECT 4-5 FT DEEP

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION, BUT AREA HAS BEEN STAKED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT OF 9-22-83.

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970, NBMG BULL. 73.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIMESTONE BRECCIATED AND SILICIFIED ALONG ONE OR MORE FAULT ZONE. MOST OBVIOUS SHEAR ZONE N60W, DIP 50 SW. FAULT ZONE SHOWS SLICKS. CALCITE IS DEPOSITED ALONG FAULT SURFACE. ANOTHER SMALL FAULT STRIKES N20W, VERTICAL. ROCKS IN PIT ARE IRON-STAINED, BRECCIATED AND SILICIFIED. ROCK ON THE DUMP CONSISTS OF THOROUGHLY SILICIFIED MARLY LIMESTONE AND LIMESTONE BRECCIA WHICH IS CUT BY VITREOUS QUARTZ VEINLETS AND CONTAINS DRUSY QUARTZ-LINED ELONGATE CRACKS AND CAVITIES. ALSO THERE IS MASSIVE, SUGARY, WHITE-GREY QUARTZ VEIN AND QUARTZ-VEIN/LIMESTONE BRECCIA. SAMPLED ROCKS ARE DENSE (BARITE?) CONTAIN CLOTS AND LENSES OF SULFIDES, MOSTLY PYRITE, BUT PROBABLY ALSO GALENA. ORE IS MAINLY OXIDIZED AND IS COATED BY ABUNDANT FE AND MN OXIDES AND A YELLOW-GREEN OXIDE, POSSIBLY AFTER PB OR AS. SOME CU OXIDES ALSO NOTED ON DUMP ROCKS. HEMATITIC BOXWORKS AND HEMATITE AND PYROLUSITE VEINLETS ARE COMMON. QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL IS SHEARED, SOME SHOWING SLICKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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