Tommy Knodan Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047087
MRDS ID M242335
Record type Site
Current site name Tommy Knodan Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.78621, 37.8155 (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(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 001S 038E 32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wymann
    Rock description Wymann

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VERY DISTORTED LIMESTONE AND SILTSTONE OF WYMANN FM INTRUDED BY GRANITE, DIKES & QUARTZ VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • RECENT STAKING AND SOME DRILLING. 4 SHAFTS, SEVERAL SHALLOW ADITS AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • FOUR SHAFTS, SEVERAL SHALLOW ADITS AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS. RECENT STAKING AND SOME DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, J. (1982) FIELD EXAMINATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Mohsen, Ahmed 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.