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Constellation Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047096
MRDS ID M242345
Record type Site
Current site name Constellation Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.13761, 38.01771 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.5 MILE NW FROM U.S. HWY 6 ALONG GOOD DIRT ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miller Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(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 002N 034E 24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Idocrase Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Campeto
    Rock description Campeto
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.13761, 38.01771
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRINGERS OF CHRYSTALINE CALCITE CUT CRYSTALLINE CALCITE/MARBLE. ENTIRE RIDGE AND SURROUNDING AREA IS SKACN OF VARYING INTENSITY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Horse District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Pedros

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS FOLLOW CONTACT BETWEEN GARNETIFEROUS SKARN WITH MINOR SHOWINGS OF MO AND SCHEELITE, AND CHERTSAND AND OTHER SILICIOUS SED. MAIN ADIT TRENDS S57W TURNING WESTWARD. . SHAFTS, PITS, AND CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION (AUG. 4, 1982)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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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