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Mammoth 1-5 Claims

Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Mercury
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100750
MRDS ID M242083
Record type Site
Current site name Mammoth 1-5 Claims
Alternate or previous names Includes Flash Future, Effic, And Kenneth Claims May Be Same As Spicer Claims
Related records 10125371

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.58282, 37.01357 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position JUST SE OF CAMP TRANSVAAL SITE., To Near Center Of Workings Shown On Topo

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thirsty Canyon SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahute Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 011S 048E 02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN; UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF AREA OF WORKINGS SHOWN ON TOPO. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification (Opalitization), Alunitization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.58282, 37.01357
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 914.4M
    Width 152.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fluorine (Bare Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Spicer Mining Co
    First year 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • 50-FT TUNNEL ON NO.2 PLUS SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY PROSPECTED FOR HG, NOW AU, AG, HG. EXPLORATION ONGOING IN 1980-81. TEST LOADS SHIPPED IN 1981.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BELL, E.J. AND LARSON, L.T., 1981, DRAFT FINAL REPORT: CHARACTERIZATION OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES IN THE VICINITY OF SW NTS; PREPAREDFOR DOE., P . 61.

  • Deposit

    KNOPF, A., 1915, USGS BULL 620-D, P. 59-68

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICA, CINNABAR, ALUNITE (PLUS AU, AG?) ALONG A N30W BELT OF ALUNITIZED, SILICIFIED (OPALIZED) RHYOLITIC VOLCANICS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-83 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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