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B Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, 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. 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 10047205
MRDS ID M242468
Record type Site
Current site name B Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.46342, 37.95772 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paymaster Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(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 001N 040E 1011PROJECTED FROM EAST Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED UTM IS TO WORKINGS ON THE CLAIMS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Poleta
    Rock description Poleta

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.46342, 37.95772
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 0.02M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT ON SW SIDE OF CANYON (ABOUT 20 M DEEP) AND SEVERAL SMALL DRYHOLES ALONG STRIKE TO NW. ON THE NE SIDE OF THE CANYON, 2 ADITS (10 M AND 30 M LONG) EXPLORE PARALLEL FISSURES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78.

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 83-8, 83-11, 83-12, 1983.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN ZONE WITH IRON OXIDES, PYRITE, CERUSSITE, MINOR GALENA, TETRAHEDRITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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