| Deposit ID | 10047207 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242470 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Clara B. #1 Claim |
| Alternate or previous names | NBMG Sample Site 1. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.47453, 37.97911 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1978 |
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)
Southern Big Smoky Valley(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Esmeralda |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 002N | 040E | 34PROJECTED FROM THE EAST | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Uranium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Ore |
| Orthoclase | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLE 1 ASSAYED 6.1 PPM CU, 10.7 PPM ZN, 25 PPM PB, 3.2 PPM MO, 1.9 PPM W, 16 PPB AU, 0.33 PPM AG, 0.6 PPM U. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Lone Mountain Pluton | ||||
| Rock description | Lone Mountain Pluton | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks |
|---|
| Strike | N60E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 90 |
| Length | 50M |
| Width | 30M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Lone Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242470 |
TINGLEY,J.V., 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION
ALBERS,J.P. AND STEWART,J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78.
NBMG OFR 83-8, 83-11, 1983
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AREA OF ALTERATION AND IRON STAINING IN OUTCROP OF LONE MOUNTAIN GRANITE ALONG FRACTURE ZONE. NARROW DIKE WITH PINK K-FELDSPAR FOLLOWS A PORTION OF FRACTURE ZONE. LIMONITE COATINGS ON FRACTURES, SOME LIMONITE"POINTS IN WALL ROCK. AREA COULD BE ALTERED LONE MOUNTAIN GRANITE OR COULD BE PART OF ANOTHER SMALL INTRUSIVE BODY. SAMPLES TAKEN FROM AREA ARE SLIGHTLY RADIOACTIVE. |
| 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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