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Grace Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046811
MRDS ID M242023
Record type Site
Current site name Grace Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1373

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.33035, 37.47828 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Jackson(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 05S 42E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Secondary, Argillically

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.33035, 37.47828
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 60W
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 402.33M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault , Calcite

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULT ZONE IS IRREGULAR AND DISCONTINUOUS, CARRING IRREGULAR LENSES OF MALACHITE, AND OTHER SECONDARY COPPER MINERALS. FE OXIDE AND CHLORITIZED PHYLLITE AND SEHIST ASSOCIATED WITH FAULT ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cuprite

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES OF SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES, ONE SHAFT. , SMALL OPEN PIT, HAUL ROAD

Comments on development

  • SOUTH WORKINGS RECENTLY BULLDOZED AND TRENCHED, 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 11 MAY 83

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (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.

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