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Delta Claim Group

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046568
MRDS ID M241753
Record type Site
Current site name Delta Claim Group
Alternate or previous names Sample Location #1025

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.09587, 36.44665 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Schader(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Death Valley Junction(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 17S 52E 26;26 CENTER Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Fault (Ne-Sw)

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip SE STEEPLY
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thrust Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Johnnie

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Alpha Exploration Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Purple Sage Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 INCLINED SHAFTS ALONG N30E TREND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 19 APR 82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSANY, GALENA BEARING QUARTZ VEINS WITH PATCHES OF SERICITE CUT THE QUARTZITE AND CEMENTS BRECCIA. QUARTZ VEINS ARE VUGGY, FILLED WITH HEMATITE AND MN STAINING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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