Lida and Nancy Ann Claims

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046740
MRDS ID M241943
Record type Site
Current site name Lida and Nancy Ann Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Sites 1112 and 1113.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.46119, 37.43662 (WGS84)

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 006S 041E 08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 3 JUST EAST OF LIDA. UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF WORKINGS WHICH COVER A LARGE AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Poleta;Harkness
    Rock description Poleta;Harkness

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.46119, 37.43662

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrusting, Folding, Fracturing

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEDIMENTS GENERALLY STRIKE N, DIP W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lida District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • .70 OR MORE SHAFTS AND AN EQUAL NUMBER OF ADITS, ALL OLD AND IN POOR REPAIR IN 1982

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1982, AND VERY LITTLE NEW STAKING DONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON MAY 31, 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS FILLING OPEN FRACTURES; BRECCIATED VEIN STRUCTURES COMMON
Deposit ALTHOUGH DISTRICT WAS REPORTED TO BE A SILVER DISTRICT ASSOCIATED WITH GALENA REPLACING LIMESTONE, EXAMINATION IN 1982 SHOWED VERY LITTLE GALENA. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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