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Gold Ledge Claim Group

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047092
MRDS ID M242340
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Ledge Claim Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.67175, 37.76244 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position ABOUT 2 AIRMILES N75W FROM TOWN OF SILVER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Peak(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 002S 039E 17 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS POCATELLO GROUP ON ITS NW EDGE. UTM IS TO A PROSPECT PIT ON THE CLAIM GROUP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.28 OZ/TON AU, 10.1 OZ/TON AG
Result ANOTHER, 0.51 OZ/TON AU, 3.5 OZ/TON AG
Result ANOTHER 0.36 OZ/TON AU, 7.4 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wyman Formation
    Rock description Wyman Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.67175, 37.76244
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N30E
    Dip 70S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alaskite, Greenstone, And Bedding In The Schist

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 (1865)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUGHES, H.H., 1938, UNPUBLISHED REPORT TO THE DIRECTORS, ALTO DEVELOPMENT CO., TONOPAH, NEV. ON THE GOLD LEDGE GROUP OF CLAIMS, ESMERALDA CO., NEV; NBMG FILE 101, ITEM 14

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ LENSES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 La Pointe, D.D. (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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