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Niterville Group

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046601
MRDS ID M241787
Record type Site
Current site name Niterville Group
Alternate or previous names 4 Niterville, 2 Jumbo, 3 Mammoth, White Cloud Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.11201, 36.95246 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position JOINS JULY 4TH GROUP 32. MILES SW OF BEATM, NEAR GRAPEVINE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wahguyhe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saline Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 11S 42E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE. 22 MILES WEST OF SPRINGDALE, THE LAST 6 MILES UP STEEP CANYON, IN A SMALL RAVINE TRIBUTARY TO THE EAST SIDE OF GRAPEVINE CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Rhyolite Silicified, Alunization

Analytical data

Result ASSAY $15 (1950)
Result ASSAY ON PAY SHOUT: 4307 AU
Result 4 OZ AG/TON (SAMPLE WIDTH 2.3 FT)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.11201, 36.95246
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N85E
    Dip 34S
    Thickness 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1931
Discoverer Bob Johnson A Shoshone Indian

Mining district

District name Bullfrog District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Colbert, Dr. W. R.
    Home office Elsinore, Ca
    First year 1951

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 82.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 200 FT ADIT, 100 FT SHAFT AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAC, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 36

  • Deposit

    PERSONAL COMMUNICATION FROM DR W.R. COLBERT TO V.E. KARL, NBMG MINING DISTRICT, 1949, FILE 218, ITEM 12.

  • Deposit

    AMON, GRAPEVINE. DIST., NEV, MBMG FILE 218, ITEM 5.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD VALVES LIE ALONG FOOTWALL. WHITE CLOUD VEIN STRIKES N40E, 44NW. GOLD MINERALIZATION IN FRACTURES AND JOINTS IN RHYOLITE DIKE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-83 Hefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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