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Green Top Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095370
MRDS ID M030122
Record type Site
Current site name Green Top Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.03425, 38.7166 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MILE SW OF HENEBERGH TUNNEL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Round Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 044E 06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Analytical data

Result A GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.014% U3O8, 87 OZ/TON AG, 0.66% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.03425, 38.7166
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 50 SE
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along A N40w, 30 Sw Shear Zone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: POSTULATED BURIED INTRUSIVE FROM AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Round Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SERIES OF SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 81, P. 89

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BORDERING DIORITE STOCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) 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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