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Golden Fleece No. 1 Claim

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Nickel, Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10047503
MRDS ID M242863
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Fleece No. 1 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.60684, 41.77765 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position ABOUT 15 MILES DUE SOUTH OF DIABLO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Denio Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 030E 15 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON ALTA CREEK ABOUT 2 MILES ABOVE STEVE'S RANCH. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result CLAIMANT SAYS DIKE RUNS 3-4 LB/TON NI.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.60684, 41.77765
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1973
Discoverer William Roney And Lee Nelson Of Denio, .

Mining district

District name Warm Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Roney, William And Nelson, Lee
    Home office Denio, Nv
    First year 1973

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS LIE JT OUTSIDE OF S. BOUNDARY OF PROPOSED BLUE LAKE PRIMITIVE AREA, MAHOGANY MOUNTAIN SECTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, REB, E., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BLUE LAKE PROPOSED PRIMITIVE AREA, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 145, ITEM 2.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL. 59, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIMS ON FINE-GRAINED FELSITE DIKE IN GRANODIORITE. CLAIMANT SAYS DIKE MATERIAL RUNS 3-4 LB/TON NI.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1987 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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