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Jim Dandy Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046726
MRDS ID M241928
Record type Site
Current site name Jim Dandy Claims
Alternate or previous names A.J.A. Iron Property, A.J.A. Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.91899, 37.628 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position ON SW SIDE OF SILVER PEAK MOUNTAINS ABOUT 1 MILE S OF SUGAR PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piper Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(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 003S;003S;004S;004S 036E;037E;036E;037E 36;31;01;06 SE (36); S2 (31); E2 (01); NW (06) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • A SMALLER CLAIM BLOCK IS LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES SSW OF THIS ONE IN SECTIONS 14, 23, 24, OF T.045; R.36E. UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF MAIN CLAIM BLOCK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.91899, 37.628
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact With Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Good Hope (White Wolf) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • DOZER STRIPPING, TRENCHING, PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • MAGNETOMETER SURVEY INDICATES MINOR IRON MINERALIZATION (1961)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEPHENSON, E.L., 1961, REPORT FOR MINERAL CONCENTRATING CO. ON MAGNETO METER SURVEYS ON THE A.J.A. IRON PROPERTIES, ESMERALDA CO., NV; NBMG FILE 93, ITEM 1.

  • Deposit

    ESMERALDA COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT, 9-82.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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