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Checkmate No. 1 Claim

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Uranium, Iron
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046721
MRDS ID M241922
Record type Site
Current site name Checkmate No. 1 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.34813, 37.30384 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 041E 24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AT PASS IN SLATE RIDGE, 3.5 MILES SE OF GOLD POINT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Iron Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY = 0.05 MR/HR
Result HIGH = 0.5 MR/HR. SAMPLES CONTAIN FROM 0.013 TO 0.136% CU3O8 (0.144% U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wyman Formation
    Rock description Wyman
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.34813, 37.30384
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • "Iron Dike"

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hornsilver (Gold Point, Lime Point) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • 30-FT ADIT AND CAVED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, N.J., 1973, NBMG, BULL 81, P. 53

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 78, PLATE 2, P. 59-60.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AN OXIDIZED "IRON DIKE" REPORTEDLY CUTS LIMESTONE AND IS RADIOACTIVE ALONG THE FOOTWALL SIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-82 La Pointe, D.D. (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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