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Charley Claims

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047226
MRDS ID M242494
Record type Site
Current site name Charley Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1096

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.79065, 38.14576 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coaldale NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 003N 037E 02 PROJECTED FROM EAST Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1096 CONTAINS 15% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.2% CA, 0.05% TI
Result 3000 PPM MN, 1500 PPM AS, 150 PPM B, 150 PPM BA, 5 PPM BE, 700 PPM CO, 200 PPM CR, 15000 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 1000 PPM NI, 150 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 300 PPM V, 200 PPM Y, 1000 PPM ZN, 20 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.79065, 38.14576
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gilbert (Desert) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. FIELD EXAMINATIONS, 2 SEPTEMBER 1982

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 83-12, 1983

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Shonnard, Ann T. (Tingley, Joe 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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