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Dipper Claims South

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047210
MRDS ID M242474
Record type Site
Current site name Dipper Claims South

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.41536, 37.97911 (WGS84)
Elevation 1865
Relative position SE OF DIPPER PATENTED CLAIMS

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 002N 041E 31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS TO SHAFT IN NW PART OF LARGE CLAIM BLOCK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Melaconite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.41536, 37.97911
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N65E
    Dip 70SE

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT 5-6 M DEEP

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,APPROX 1 M THICK WITH FE OXIDE-CU OXIDE GOSSAN ALONG SHEAR,CROSSCUTTING OLDER TACTITE ZONE IN METALIMESTONE LENS ALONG BEDDING.COULD BE AU,AG PRESENT

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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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