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Turquoise Claim Group

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047056
MRDS ID M242298
Record type Site
Current site name Turquoise Claim Group
Alternate or previous names Turquoise, Oberland Limited, Grand Prize, Fair Play, Fair Lay No. 1 Claim, Yukon Divide Mining Co. Propperty

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.20119, 37.90605 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mud Lake NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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;001N 042E;043E 25;30 SE (25) OF SW (30) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 90 ACRES ABOUT 2.2 AIRMILES EAST OF ROUTE 95 AND 2.0 AIRMILES WEST OF NYE COUNTY LINE. UTMIS TO NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK, WHICH EXTENDS OUTWARD FOR UP TO 300M. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Of Klondyke
    Rock description Rhyolite Of Klondyke
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Palmetto
    Rock description Palmetto

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.20119, 37.90605
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Klondyke (Southern Klondyke) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Yukon Divide Mining Co . Inc.
    First year 1919
    Last year 1922

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 92, P130-132

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1382

  • Deposit

    CHIPP, E.R., 1969, THE GEOLOGY OF THE KLONDIKE MINING DISTRICT, ESMERALDA CO., NV; UNR M.S. THESIS 351

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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