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Maria Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046630
MRDS ID M241820
Record type Site
Current site name Maria Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1090

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.99233, 38.17993 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 04N 036E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.99233, 38.17993
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 45W
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MOST ROCK CONSISTS OF SILICIOUS SEDIMENTS AND METASEDIMENTS, HEAVILY FE AND MN OXIDE STAINED, GOSSANY, BOXWORKED, CHALCEDONY COATS, ROCK SURFACES AND FILLS VOGS, NO QUARTZ VEINS AT SITE, BUT VEINS OUTCROP IN THE VICINITY THAT APPEAR TO BE WEATHERING OUT IN PLACES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rock Hill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 FT VERTICLE SHAFT, PARTIALLY CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION (SEPT. 1, 1982)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE COULD POSSIBLY BE THRUST FAULT BETWEEN DIABLO FRM. (OVERLING) PALMETTO FRM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Lyles, B.F. (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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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