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Canyon Claims

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Manganese
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050803
MRDS ID N000146
Record type Site
Current site name Canyon Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site #3642

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.34539, 38.62048 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Head Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
9N 33E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Vein Is Highly Oxidized, Iron-Stained And Contains Lenses Of Gossan.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.34539, 38.62048
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N5W
    Dip 80 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • SIMILAR OCCURRENCES COVER ABOUT A HALF MILE SQUARE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fitting

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, ADITS, AND PROSPECTS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: OLD WORKINGS WITH PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CANYON CLAIMS, FITTING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY,QUADE, JACK NBMG SAMPLE SITE #3642 VISIT, 5/5/89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ROAD EAST OF PAYMASTER CANYON IS WASHED OUT AND PAYMASTER CANYON IS WASHED TO THE NORTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1989 Quade, Jack Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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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