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Treasure Hill Claim #1196

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047721
MRDS ID M243147
Record type Site
Current site name Treasure Hill Claim #1196
Alternate or previous names Corcoran Claims, NBMG Sample Site 3922

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.12763, 39.47491 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pirouette Mountain(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

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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 034E 35 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE ON FOOT FOR SEVERAL MILES FROM RED TOP GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3922 CONTAINED 0.7% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.07% CA, 0.15% TI, 150 PPM MN, 0.7 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 20 PPM LA, 500 PPM PB, 50 PPM Y, 150 PPM ZR.

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) -118.12763, 39.47491
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 80 E
    Dip 70 NW
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wonder District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Einar Erickson'S Treasure Hill Group
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT, ONE INCLINE AND A LINE OF PROSPECTS NOT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP. A HAND CAPSTAN STILL STANDS ABOVE AN OLD SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1986. CORCORAN CLAIMS NO LONGER VALID. TREASURE HILL CLAIMS STAKED AUG., 1979, STILL VALID (1986).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 6 OCT 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL 1.

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS AND FILES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFT SUNK ON A SHEAR IN RHYOLITE IN BOTTOM OF A NARROW CANYON. VEIN IS IRON-STAINED, OXIDIZED, AND APPEARS LEACHED. SAMPLE 3922 FROM DUMPS WAS MOSTLY SILICIFIED RHYOLITE WITH SOME QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL.

Reporter information

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

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