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Katina Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047140
MRDS ID M242392
Record type Site
Current site name Katina Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1196
Related records 10246525

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.33563, 37.26773 (WGS84)

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)

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 008S 041E 02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Wyman Formation
    Rock description Wyman
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.33563, 37.26773
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEDIMENTS HAVE BEEN METAMORPHOSED TO HORNFELS, BUT RETAINED GHOST BEDDING AND CLEAVAGE.

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

  • SERIES OF SHAFTS, ADITS, SURFACE CUTS. WORKING APPEAR TO EXPLORITORY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 7 MAY 83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOST ROCK CUT BY FINE AND MASSIVE QUARTZ VEINS CARRYING SULFIDES. QUARTZ IS HIGHLY FRACTURED/BRECCIATED WITH DRUSY QUARTZ COATING OPEN SPACES.

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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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