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Buff Claims

Prospect in Churchill 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047614
MRDS ID M243025
Record type Site
Current site name Buff Claims
Alternate or previous names Buff Claims #1-65

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.19902, 39.17324 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bell Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 034E 05,06,07,08,17,18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LARGE CLAIM BLOCK COVERS PARTS OF PATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.19902, 39.17324
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairview District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Great Basin Exploration; George P. And Lorie L. Ambariantz
    Home office 1007 12th St, Golden, Co 80401
    First year 1986

Comments on development

  • STAKED BY HAL JENSON OF EUREKA IN 1980, OVERLAPPING AND SURROUNDING TENNECO'S PATENTED CLAIMS. ASSESSMENT CURRENT TO 1986. EVALUATED BY TENNECO RECENTLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONSON, D.C., 1986, UNPUB. REPORT ON FAIRVIEW FOR TENNECO MINERALS CO.

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM FILES AND RECORDS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.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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