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Anaconda Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047227
MRDS ID M242495
Record type Site
Current site name Anaconda Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1280a, 1280b.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.67871, 38.16326 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilbert(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 004N 038E 35 PROJECTED FROM EAST NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1280 A CONTAINED 1% FE, 0.02% MG, 0.1% CA, .02% TI, 300 PPM MN, 200 PPM AG, 1500 PPM AS, 50 PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 50 PPM CD, 15 PPM CR, 1000 PPM CU, 50 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 15000 PPM PB, 1000 PPM SB, 15 PPM V, 2000 PPM ZN. SAMPLE 1280 B CONTAINED 5% FE, 1% MG, 10% CA, 0.2% TI, 1500 PPM MN, 7 PPM AG, 1000 PPM AS, 300 PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 5 PPM BE, 50 PPM BI, 20 PPM CO, 20 PPM CR, 500 PPM CU, 50 PPM LA, 1000 PPM MO, 70 PPM NI, 1000 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 10 PPM SN, 100 PPM SR, 50 PPM V, 30 PPM Y, 500 PPM ZN, 100 PPM ZR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Palmetto
    Rock description Palmetto

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.67871, 38.16326
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone, Intrusive Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • WORKINGS APPEAR ALONG SKARN & / OR FAULT ZONE. SILICEOUS-CALCAREOUS CUT BY SULPHIDE BEARING QUARTZ VEINS GOSSANY ZONES. MOLY BEARING SKARNS, AS PODS & COATINGS INFRACTURES CU OCCURS IN BRECCIA MATERIAL, RESILICIFIED QUARTZ VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gilbert (Desert) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anaconda Minerals Co. (Division Of Atlantic Richfield)
    Home office Reno, Nv
    First year 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS AND SHAFTS, RECENT WORKINGS ON FRAME BUILDINGS.

Comments on development

  • VERTICAL SHAFTS, HEADFRAME, SHAFTS, PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ; FIELD EXAMINATIONS, 22 SEPT 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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