Balik Claim

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Sulfur
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046679
MRDS ID M241877
Record type Site
Current site name Balik Claim
Related records 10222109

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.73839, 36.88358 (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)

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 12S 47E 20 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Malachite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Johnnie
    Rock description Johnnie
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.73839, 36.88358

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 45-90
    Width 0.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bare Mnt.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Balik/Esterhouse

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, SURFACE PITS AND CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 15 MAR 82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDDING SHEAR CARRYING BULL QUARTZ VEIN. LAYERS OF GOSSAN FILLED FRACTURE INSIDE ADITS. VEINS HIGHLY FRACTURED AND FE STAINED.

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

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.