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Fred Branch Property

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047616
MRDS ID M243028
Record type Site
Current site name Fred Branch Property
Alternate or previous names May Be Same As Or On Same Vein As Grand Central Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.19152, 39.20935 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position SOUTH OF FAIRVIEW

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)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 034E 32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • YORK'S LOCATION DESCRIPTION (7 MILES SE OF FRENCHMAN, ON WEST SIDE OF FAIRVIEW PEAK) AND THE GEOLOGY AND WORKING BOTH FIT THE GRAND CENTRAL VEIN. THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS FRED BRANCH PROSPECT IN BRANCH CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Rhyolite

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE RAN 0.03 OZ/T AU, 2.9 OZ/T AG
Result ANOTHER RAN 2.8 OZ/T AG, 0.015 OZ/T AU.

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) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.19152, 39.20935
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 60 NE
    Length 457.2M
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairview District; South Fairview District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred Branch And Associates
    First year 1935

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 CLAIMS OPENED BY 2 LOCATION SHAFTS AND ONE SHORT TUNNEL THAT CROSSCUTS THE VEIN ABOUT 10 FT LOWER AND 30 FT WEST OF SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • VISITED AND EXAMINED BY BERNARD YORK ON 12 SEP 1935

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YORK, B., 1935, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE FRED BRANCH PROPERTY; NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 7, ITEM NO. 5.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN TRACEABLE ON SURFACE FOR 1500 FT, 10-20 FT WIDE, IS A REPLACEMENT OF CALCITE BY QUARTZ

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-DEC-86 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

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