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Spar Dyke Claims

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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 10047508
MRDS ID M242868
Record type Site
Current site name Spar Dyke Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.66601, 41.83626 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vicksburg Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alvord Lake(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 046N 030E 30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN UPPER REACHES OF THACKER CANYON; UTM IS TO ONE CENTRALLY LOCATED PROSPECT ON THE CLAIMS. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.66601, 41.83626
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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 1955
Discoverer Thurman Aldern And Earl Peterson Of Walnut Creek Ca

Mining district

District name Warm Springs Disrtict

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Thurman Aldern And Peterson
    Home office 1707 1st Ave, Walnut Creek, Ca
    First year 1955

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS LIE JUST OUTSIDE NW 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 NOT A VERY PROMISING-LOOKING PROSPECT.

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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