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Ruby Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper
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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 10047102
MRDS ID M242352
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1118

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.51286, 37.52106 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Area Of Many Workings On Topo Map

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lida Wash(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 005S 040E 11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES NORTH OF LIDA VIA A VERY POOR DIRT ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Palmetto
    Rock description Palmetto

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.51286, 37.52106
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Railroad Spring District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SHAFTS, 5 ADITS, NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS. ALL WORKINGS ARE OLD, CAVED AND WITHOUT BUILDINGS

Comments on development

  • INACTIVE AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1982 BUT GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING HAD BEEN DONE WITHIN THE PAST 5 YEARS OR SO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON JUNE 1, 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEINS CUT SEDIMENTS WHICH STRIKE N15W, DIP 40-60 SW. VEINS ARE VERY TIGHT AND QUARTZ IS HARD TO BREAK. SOME BRECCIATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-82 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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