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Big Wedge Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047119
MRDS ID M242369
Record type Site
Current site name Big Wedge Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.54813, 37.32078 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tule Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 007S 040E 21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Wyman Canyon
    Rock description Wyman Canyon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.54813, 37.32078
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fault (Traceable For Several Hundred Yards.)

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W AND E-W
    Dip STEEPLY NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEDIMENTS ARE INTRUDED BY QUARTZ MONZONITE AND ALASKITE DIKES. ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN SEDS AND IGNEOUS, SEDS ARE METAMORPHOSED TO SCHIST AND PHYLLITES WHICH IN TURN WERE CHLORITIZED. HOST ROCKS ARE COATED WITH CHALCEDONIC SILICA AND DRUSY QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tule Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kelsey, R. W.
    Home office Box 1076, Bishop Ca.

Comments on the workings information

  • SINGLE ADIT, SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 11 MAY 83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS FOLLOW BOTH SETS OF SHEARS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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