Clara B. #1 Claim

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Uranium
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10047207
MRDS ID M242470
Record type Site
Current site name Clara B. #1 Claim
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.47453, 37.97911 (WGS84)
Elevation 1978

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)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 040E 34PROJECTED FROM THE EAST Nevada

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Orthoclase Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Feld Spathification

Analytical data

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 and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Lone Mountain Pluton
    Rock description Lone Mountain Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 90
    Length 50M
    Width 30M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture 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

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 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.

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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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