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Burro Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047206
MRDS ID M242469
Record type Site
Current site name Burro Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.43814, 37.96161 (WGS84)
Elevation 1747

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 12PROJECTED FROM THE EAST Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Campito
    Rock description Campito
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.43814, 37.96161
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, TABULAR
    Strike N 80 W
    Dip 25 SW
    Width 6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault 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

  • DOZER CUTS ON WEST SIDE OF PAYMASTER CANYON

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, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE CONSISTS OF 5-6 M OF CRUSHED ROCK. SILICIFIED ZONES ALONG FAULT CONTAIN PYRITE. ONE 0.5-M-THICK LENS OF WHITE QUARTZ CONTAINS SOME GALENA WITH CERUSSITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 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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