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Oakland Group

Occurrence in Clark 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046991
MRDS ID M242226
Record type Site
Current site name Oakland Group
Alternate or previous names On Patented Claims Side Line, San Mateo, Oakland, Gold Reef, Cabell.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.88638, 35.47612 (WGS84)
Elevation 1049

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Searchlight(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piute Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 28S 63E 29 N2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS AVERAGED ABOUT $11/TON AT $20.67/OZ. AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 2.13M
    Length 914.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer A.C. Calkins

Mining district

District name Searchlight

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING CONSIST OF THREE SHAFTS AND SEVERAL SURFACE PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C.R., 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 62, P. 201.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE, FILE NO. 33, ITEM 6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN IN ANDESITE NEAR CONTACT WITH QUARTZ MONZONITE. THE VEIN MATERIAL IS COMPOSED OF CLAY, ANGULAR FRAGMENTS OF DK GREY ANDESITE AND PARTICLES OF CRUSHED QUARTZ.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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