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Rosary One Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047053
MRDS ID M242295
Record type Site
Current site name Rosary One Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 455

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.24619, 37.59162 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ralston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(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 004S 042E 15 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.24619, 37.59162
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N75W
    Dip 75SW
    Length 100M
    Width 0.03M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ATITUDES OF BEDDING IN THE MINING AREA VARY, BUT DIPS ARE GENERALLY LESS THAN 45 DEGREES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cuprite District (?)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fallas Cox, Goldfield, Nevada
    First year 1979

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS, AND SEVERAL PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 11 JUL 82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 50% OF ZONE IS DENSE TO PORUS SILICEOUS GOSSAN, AND ABOUT 50% IS FAULT GOUGE.

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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