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Eagle Pass Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047120
MRDS ID M242370
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Pass Claims
Alternate or previous names Mercer Brothers Prospect, Roosevelt Workings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.54258, 37.29356 (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 28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritic, Sericitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Sylvania Pluton
    Rock description Sylvania Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PLUTON IS CUT BY APLITE DIKE PARALLEL TO SHEAR ZONE.

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 78, PL. 2

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1978, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTE, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 11 MAY 83.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BOTH QUARTZ VEIN AND QUARTZ MONZONITE ARE BRECCIATED IN SHEAR ZONE AND CEMENTED WITH SILICA. QUARTZ STAIN WITH MNO2 DENDRITES, MINOR CO STAINED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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