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Ohio Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046654
MRDS ID M241847
Record type Site
Current site name Ohio Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Sites 1269, 1270

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.72871, 38.13687 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilbert(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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 003N 038E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED.. UTM IS FOR SAMPLE 1269. UTM FOR SAMPLE 1270 IS N4221020; E436080.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

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) -117.72871, 38.13687
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured, Brecciated Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • IGNEOUS COUNTRY ROCK IS CEMENTED U/ MASSIVE AND EUMERAL QUARTZ CARRYING OXIDIZED SULFIDES AND POSSIBLE FREE AU. DRUSY QUARTZ COATS FRACTURES AND SURFACES, CALCITE COATS QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gilbert

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. D. Fields

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 VERTICAL SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS SURFACE WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN WORKED AT LEAST SINCE 1948, AND ASSESSMENT WORK ON CLAIMS HAS BEEN KEPT UP TO DATE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, SEPT 21, 1982

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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