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Wildcar Claims

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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046584
MRDS ID M241769
Record type Site
Current site name Wildcar Claims
Related records 10222603

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.74922, 36.9008 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beatty Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 12S 47E 17 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcedony Gangue
Chert Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.74922, 36.9008
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bare Mnt.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ORE WAS HARD AND VERY HIGH GRADE - WAS USED TO UPGRADE ORE FROM DAISY MINE, PROBABLY MINED IN 1930'S

Comments on the workings information

  • 60 FT VERTICLE SHAFT. 50 FT VERTICLE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 28 APR 82

  • Production

    PAPKE, 1979, P. 43

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FE STAIN QUARTZ VEIN. WORKING ARE IN ALTERED PUNKY RHYOLITE.

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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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