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Shipper Group

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  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 10046775
MRDS ID M241983
Record type Site
Current site name Shipper Group
Alternate or previous names Shipper #1-#5 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.67648, 37.76272 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES SW OF BLAIR, 1 MILE NW OF VANDERBILT MINE, 500m. Utm Is To Center Of Approximate Location

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 002S 039E 17 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES YIELDED 0-0.04 OZ/TON AU
Result AND TRACE TO 29.92 OZ/TON AG-(SORTED ORE SAMPLE)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.67648, 37.76272
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO LENTICULAR
    Length 121.92M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding, Proximity Of Diorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1919

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District (1865)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. B. Maxwell, Representative
    First year 1919

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SHAFTS, 40, 150, 100 AND 120 FT. DEEP; SEVERAL DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, OPENCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, H.A., 1919, SHIPPER GROUP OF CLAIMS. SILVER PEAK MINING DISTRICT: UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG: FILE 101, ITEM 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 DISTINCT QUARTZ OUTCROPPINGS 4-20 FT WIDE, 200-400 FT LONG WITH IRREGULAR DISTRIBUTION OF MINERALIZATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-81 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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