Jeta Claims

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046887
MRDS ID M242112
Record type Site
Current site name Jeta Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Sites 1075a and B, 1076 and 1077.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.11538, 38.01521 (WGS84)
Relative position DIRECTLY NORTH OF U.S. HWY. 6 ALONG GOOD DIRT ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbus(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(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 02N 35E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • . UTM IS TO SAMPLE SITE 1075. MINERALIZED AREA COVERS AT LEAST 2 SQUARE MILES. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
    Rock unit name Hanson Peak
    Rock description Hanson Peak
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.11538, 38.01521

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures And Faults (Trending North And Verticle)

Ore body information

  • Width 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Black Horse

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Siskom Corp.
    Home office Box 889, Reno, Nv.
    First year 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF BULL DOZER CUTS AND TRENCHES. ; STAIR-STEP OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • AREA RECENTLY DRILLED AND DOZED (1982), ROADS MAINTAINED, TRENCHING, SAMPLING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION (AUG. 6, 1982)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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