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Log Spring Placer

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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 10046855
MRDS ID M242073
Record type Site
Current site name Log Spring Placer
Alternate or previous names Huntfort, Little Log Springs, Mohawk, Benton Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.65509, 37.39551 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position To Area Of Log Spring

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sylvania Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 006S 039E 28 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 9 CLAIMS AND A FRACTION COVERING 190 ACRES AT THE BASE OF UNCLE SAM MOUNTAIN, 5 MILES FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE LINE. (IT IS ASSUMED THAT THIS IS IN THE VICINITY OF LOG SPRING NAMED ON THE TOPO SHEET.) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result TEST RUNS YIELDED $2.30-$4.20/CU. YP. OF GRAVEL IN 1913.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.65509, 37.39551
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Faults

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0.51M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sylvania (Green Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAULKINS, CHARLES, 1913, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON LOG SPRINGS PLACER: NBMG FILE 102, ITEM 11

  • Reserve-Resource

    CAULKINS, CHARLES, 1913.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PAY STREAK OF GRAVEL AVERAGES 1.5-4 FT OPENED UP 22 FEET WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-82 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.

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