Gold Crest Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047136
MRDS ID M242387
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Crest Claims
Alternate or previous names Hidden Property, NBMG Sample Sites 1176, 1177.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.25841, 37.29912 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 042E 27-PROJECTED Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Psilomelane Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Wyman Formation
    Rock description Wyman

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.25841, 37.29912

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N40W
    Dip STEEP SOUTHERLY
    Length 30.48M
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone; Bedding Planes

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN APPEARS TO PINCH OUT INTO VEINLETS AND STRINGERS, AND PARALLELS BEDDING PLANES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tokop District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT, SHALLOW SURFACE WORKINGS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 78, P. 71-72, PL. 2.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1978, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 6 MAY 83.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN APPEARS TO MARK A 3-6 FT SHEAR ZONE TRENDING N65W. ABUNDANT MNO2 STAINING AND PSILOMELANE COAT THE HOST ROCKS, VEIN, AND SHEAR ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.