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Hibbs Property

Past Producer 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046794
MRDS ID M242004
Record type Site
Current site name Hibbs Property
Alternate or previous names Gibbs? Property, Lyle, Tayo, Gibbs, and Southern Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.56675, 37.53328 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lida Wash(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 005S 040E 05,08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • "IN THE VICINITY OF LIDA, IN PALMETTOMTS ON N. SIDE, NEAR SUMMIT OF RANGE, AT 8000-8500' FT. ELEVATION, 5 CLAIMS TOTAL, INCL. WATER RIGHT S TO DEER & POCAHONTAS SPRINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stetefeldite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 4 SAMPLES OF VEIN MATERIAL (1915) NEAR SURFACE GAVE $4.72, $10.90, $14.40 AND $16.50/TON, MOSTLY IN AU WITH UP TO 2.6 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.56675, 37.53328
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Post-Mineral Movement Along Vein

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO LENTICULAR
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL
    Thickness 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Strong Shear Zone, Accompanying Rhyolitic Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Palmetto District (Oneota, Basalt, Mount Montgomery Districts)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. J. R. Hibbs, Dan M. Trapp, Al Heinecke ;
    First year 1915

Comments on the production information

  • 18 TONS ORE DAILY BEING MILLED IN JUNE, 1916.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED WORKINGS. SMALL 2-STAMP WAS BEING INSTALLED 2 MILES BELOW THE PROSPECT IN 1915, AND GLORY-HOLING THE PROSPECT WAS UNDER CONSIDERATION. OPEN CUTS, SHAFT

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY SOLD TO TONOPAH MINING CO. IN 1916

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLACKBURN, W.H., 1915, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE HIBBS PROPERTY: NBMG FILE 95, ITEM 7.

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78.

  • Deposit

    MILS, 1979, USBM.

  • Production

    BLACKBURN, W.H., 1916

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEETED VEIN ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-APR-1985 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

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