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Lost Heel Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046738
MRDS ID M241941
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Heel Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.49841, 37.44356 (WGS84)
Elevation 1996
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position Within 200 Yds.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lida(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(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 06S 40E 01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2 CONTINUOUS CHIP SAMPLES ASSAYED
Result .01, .178 OZ AU AND 1.13, 125.19 OZ AG RESPECTIVELY. /TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
    Rock unit name Harkless Shale;Campito
    Rock description Harkless Shale;Campito

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.49841, 37.44356
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Normal Fault (N65w, 70s) (Hanging Wall Harkless, Footwall Campito)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lida District (Alida Valley District)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL TRENCHES, TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG, OPEN FILE DATA, FILE #95, ITEM 11, P. 39-40

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE TO HIGHLY BRECCIATED, MILKY WHITE QUARTZ.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-83 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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