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American Gold Claims South

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050815
MRDS ID N000188
Record type Site
Current site name American Gold Claims South
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site #3638

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.38151, 38.5977 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kinkaid(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 32E 35 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.38151, 38.5977
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Limestone Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fitting

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner American Gold Resources
    Home office 134 Union Blvd. Suite 600, Lakewood, Co

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD ROADS ARE GONE, LOADING RAMP, MINING AREA SMALL. WORKINGS AND PROSPECTS EXPOSE CONTACT AND VEINS WITHIN THE GRANITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN GOLD CLAIMS (SOUTH), FITTING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO.; QUADE, JACK, SAMPLE SITE #3638 VISIT 5/5/89; NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO ROADS THE LAST HALF MILE.

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

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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