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Lantern Claims

Prospect in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047444
MRDS ID M242748
Record type Site
Current site name Lantern Claims
Alternate or previous names Lantern Claims #1-184
Related records 10125405

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.63516, 40.73128 (WGS84)
Elevation 1550

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placerites(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 030E 05,06,07,08,17,18,19,20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM TO NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.63516, 40.73128
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 487.68M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Scossa District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Newhawk Gold Mines, Ltd
    First year 1984

Comments on development

  • LANTERN CLAIMS #1-84 STAKED BY WESCORD EXPLORATION IN 1980, #85-133 STAKED BY NASSAU LTD. AND WESCORD IN 1981, #134-142 BY WESCORD IN 1982, AND #143-184 STAKED BY WESCORD EXPL. II IN 1983. IN 1983, GEOLOGIC MAPPING, GEOCHEMICAL AND GROUP GEOPHYSICS AND ROCK CHIP SAMPLING WERE COMPLETED, AND NEWHAWK RECEIVED REGULATORY APPROVAL OF ITS STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS. IN 1984, AFTER SPENDING ABOUT $79000 ON THE RECOMMENDED EXPLORATION PROGRAM, THE SOURCE OF MINERALIZATION WAS NOT FOUND. NEWHAWK HAS ABOUT $117000 BUDGETED TO TEST THE PROPERTY, WITH A DRILLING PROGRAM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE SEARCH ANNUAL, 1984-85, VOL VII, P. 260-261; METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, BOULDER, CO.

  • Deposit

    BLM CLAIM RECORDS, 1986.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, 6/15/83

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 9/8/83

  • Deposit

    GEORGE CROSS NEWSLETTER, 9/7/83; 5/24/83

  • Deposit

    NORTH AMERICAN GOLD MINING INDUSTRY NEWS 1/15/84.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit JASPEROID ZONE. EXPLORATION HAS EXPANDED THE MAIN GOLD-JASPEROID ZONE STRIKE LENGTH TO 1600 FT. THE ZONE WAS CUT BY 4 WELL-BANDED QUARTZ VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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