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Hombre Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum, Barium-Barite, Zeolites
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047050
MRDS ID M242292
Record type Site
Current site name Hombre Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.89565, 37.96716 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rhyolite Ridge NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(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 001N 037E 06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Zeolites Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Zeolite Gangue
Barite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.89565, 37.96716
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faults.

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W; N60E; N80E
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL
  • Dip NEAR VERTICAL
  • Dip NEAR VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures And Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME ZONES OF PEBBLE DIKES (HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA WITH ROUNDED FRACIMENTS) WERE OBSERVED IN THE VEIN ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1980

Mining district

District name Gilbert (Coaldale) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sierra Del Rio Nuclear, Denver, Co. (Shell Oil Co?)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 14 JUC 82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BACK AROUND RADIATION WAS ABOUT 100 CPS. MOST PROMINENT MINERALIZED FEATURES ARE TWO SUB PARALLEL VEINS. THERE IS NO ASSOCIATION OF RADIOACTIVITY WITH THESE VEINS AND MIGHT BE ANOMALOUS IN MO.

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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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