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Great Western Claim

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098638
MRDS ID M233518
Record type Site
Current site name Great Western Claim
Alternate or previous names Hornsilver Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.90344, 38.91159 (WGS84)
Elevation 1478
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 3.5 MILES N20E FROM GABBS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Downeyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 036E 11 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AT DOWNEYVILLE. A 64-STOCK DRIVEWAY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result SOME ORE SHIPPED TO SACRAMENTO FOR REDUCTION CONTAINED $131.93 IN AG AND 84 % PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning
    Rock description Luning
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.90344, 38.91159
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cross-Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1878
Discoverer P. Downey

Mining district

District name Gabbs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • SOME ORE SHIPPED TO SACRAMENTO CONTAINING $131.93 IN AG AND 84 % PB

Comments on development

  • RELOCATED AS THE HORNSILVER CLAIM IN 1904 BY THE NEVADA CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., (IN PRESS) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG. BULL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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