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Pirate No. 3 Variscite Claim

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. Materials information
  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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098668
MRDS ID M241830
Record type Site
Current site name Pirate No. 3 Variscite Claim
Alternate or previous names Variscite Prospect, NBMG Sample Site 1094

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.99705, 38.13715 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock Hill(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
003N 036E 08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • CANDELARIA HILLS, ABOUT A MILE NE OF MISS MOFFET MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DARK BLUE, VERY HARD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore
Variscite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Candelaria
    Rock description Candelaria

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.99705, 38.13715
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.03M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK CUT BY PYRITE BEARING QUARTZ VEINS, COPPER AND MN, OXIDE STAINED, DARK SMOKEY-QUARTZ VEINS CUT ROCKS, BOX WORK ABUNDENT, COATED WITH CHALSEDONY & CALCITTE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Discoverer L.A. Dees Of Los Angeles And Edward Murphy Of Goldfield

Mining district

District name Rock Hill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Los Angeles Gem Co., .
    First year 1968

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING CONSIST OF DOZER CUTS AND SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS.

Comments on development

  • DEES AND MURPHY SOLD THEIR CLAIMS TO LOS ANGELES GEM CO., VARISCITE WAS BEING RECOVERED IN 1968 A CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY OF TURQUOISE WAS SHIPPED DURING SEVERAL YEARS OF OPERATION BEFORE THE MINES CLOSED DOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, NBM REPORT 17, P.5-6.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXANEVATION (SEPT.1, 1982).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEAM OF TURQUOISE IN DARK-GREY CHERTY ROCK; AT OTHER LOCALITY, SMALL SEAMS OF TURQUOISE ARE IN JASPEROID, WITH DARK BROWN AND BLACK MATRIX.
Deposit TURQUOISE WAS FIRST DISCOVERED ON THE PIRATE NO. 3 CLAIM AT THE WEST END OF THE GROUP OF VARISCITE CLAIMS. LATER MORE TORQUOISE WAS FOUND 'ON A SMALL KNOB ABOUT 0.25 MILE SOUTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE CLAIM. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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