Keno Claims

Prospect in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046543
MRDS ID M241723
Record type Site
Current site name Keno Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1709, Delta? Claims
Related records 10174028

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.07972, 37.92052 (WGS84)
Elevation 2131

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lodge Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 001N 071E 30 NW OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Alteration, Chloritization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1709 CONTAINS 300 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 500 PPM BA, 20 PPM PB, 300 PPM SR, 100 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.07972, 37.92052

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Several Shear Zones; Several Stages Of Pre-And Post-Mineral Faulting

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S, E-W
    Dip VERTICAL TO 65 NW
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vertical Shear Zone; Brecciated Zones.

Comments on the geologic information

  • BLACK OBSIDIAN OCCURS AS FLOAT IN THE AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eagle Valley (Fay) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Burgess, D.
    First year 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • DOUBLE-PORTALLED ADIT. ADITS TREND E-W AND N-S. INCLINED SHAFT (RAISE?) LIES ABOVE ADITS CONNECTING WITH E-W ADIT. RECENT ROADWORK AND SURFACE EXPLORATION IN THE AREA

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY ACTIVELY EXPLORED IN 1983. UNDERGROUND WORKINGS RECENTLY EXAMINED AND SAMPLED. PORTAL AREA IS BULLDOZED AS ARE DUMPS IN FRONT OF PORTAL. NO ACTIVITY NOTED ACROSS DRAINAGE TO NORTH AT NW TRENDING ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, SEPT. 14, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DOUBLE-PORTALLED ADIT BEGINS IN MASSIVE SILICEOUS OUTCROP OF QUARTZ-VEINED VOLCANIC AND QUARTZ-CEMENTED VOLCANIC BRECCIA. RUBBLY OUTCROPS OF QUARTZ-CEMENTED BRECCIA CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST 100 FT ABOVE LOWER ADIT (SAMPLE LOCATION 1709). OUTCROPS CONSIST OF AN INTERLOCKING NETWORK OF COCKSCOMB PRISMATIC, BANDED AND OPEN-CENTERED SUGARY WHITE QUARTZ VEINS AND VEINLETS WHICH CEMENT LIGHT PURPLE ANDESITE-DACITE(?) VOLCANIC BRECCIA FRAGMENTS. THE FRAGMENT ARE INTENSELY SILICIFIED AND HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED. THE FRAGMENTS ARE LIGHT PURPLE IN COLOR WITH AN APHANITIC GROUNDMASS WHICH CONTAINS CLAY AND IRON-ALTERED PHENOCRYSTS OF PLAGIOCLASE AND CHLORITIZED HORNBLENDE(?) CRYSTALS. QUARTZ COMPRISES MORE THAN 50% OF THE BRECCIA ZONE WITH VEINS AS WIDE AS 1 IN AND AVERAGING 0.5 IN. IN WIDTH. QUARTZ AFTER CALCITE IS VERY COMMON. OXIDIZED PYRITE OCCURS IN THE FRAGMENTS AND IN THE VEIN MATERIAL. SOME FRAGMENTS ARE CUT BY EARLY-STAGE VITREOUS QUARTZ VEINLETS SOME OF THE VEIN MATERIAL IS LIGHT GREEN AND
Deposit PINK AND MAY CONTAIN FLUORIDE AND/OR ADULARIA. THE N-S-TRENDING ADIT FOLLOWS A VERTICAL SHEAR ZONE ABOUT 3 FT WIDE. THE E-W ADIT FOLLOWS A LESS PRONOUNCED SHEAR ZONE. ENTIRE OUTCROP AT PORTAL IS SI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) 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

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