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Shirley Property

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046776
MRDS ID M241984
Record type Site
Current site name Shirley Property
Alternate or previous names Silver Peak-Divide Claims No. 1-6 Probably Same As Unnamed Shafts, And Adits of J. Quade's Field Examination-Sample Location 1140.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.65342, 37.743 (WGS84)
Elevation 1353
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1 MILE SW OF SILVER PEAK NEVADA, To Shaft In Middle Of Numerous Other Surface Workings

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lida Wash NW(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 21,28 S2 (21); N2 (28) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN - APPROXIMATED BY PRESENCE OF PITS AND SHAFT ON TOPO SHEET ABOUT ONE MILE SW OF SILVER PEAK, IN LOW HILLS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Analytical data

Result HIGHEST SAMPLE VALUE GAVE TRACE AU, 1.74 OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.65342, 37.743
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike S 15 W
    Dip 50 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District (1865)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Shirley And Frank Cleary
    First year 1920

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE HOLES WITH A WINDLASS SHAFT ABOUT 50 FT. DEEP, SEVERAL ADITS

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT WAS DEEMED "POOR" AND "NOT WORTHY OF DEVELOPMENT" BY EXAMINER IN 1920.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLACKBURN, W.H., 1920, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE SHIRLEY PROPERTY: UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG.: FILE 101, ITEM 3.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON JUNE 6, 1982.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN AND OUTCROP. SULFIDE MINERALIZATION IN QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL.

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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