D.M. Homesteak Claims

Prospect in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097297
MRDS ID M242314
Record type Site
Current site name D.M. Homesteak Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Sites 1273, 1274

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.70371, 38.1816 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilbert(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 038E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS FOR SAMPLE LOCATION 1273. UTM FOR SAMPLE LOCATION 1274 IS N 4226365, E 438425 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.70371, 38.1816

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORD. RX AND TERT. VOLCANICS CUT BY FAULT ZONES ARE WHERE WORKINGS ARE CONCENTRATED FE-MN STAINING, GOSSAN, PYROLUSITE, & AG-CHLORIDE(?) COAT SURFACES, ALONG FRACTURE SURFACES AND IN GOUGE MATERIAL QUARTZ CEMENTS BRECCIA, FRACTURES WITH BARITE INTERGROWN, FREE AU (?) ALSO PRESENT. CALCITE VEINS ALSO PRESENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gilbert (Desert) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED SINCE 1902

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED WITHIN LAST YEAR.

Comments on development

  • WORKED WITHIN THE PAST YEAR (1982)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, FIELD EXAMINATIONS 22 SEPTEMBER 1982

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Shonnard, Ann T. (Tingley, Joe V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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