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Serpent Claim

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103571
MRDS ID M031266
Record type Site
Current site name Serpent Claim
Related records 10271529

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.41724, 39.04105 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hogum(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe 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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
14N 67E 26,35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Analytical data

Result BEST ORE ASSAYED $400/TON IN 1908

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.41724, 39.04105
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-N Trending Steep Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 45SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1908

Mining district

District name Osceola

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • HAS TWO TUNNELS 50 AND 80 FT IN LENGTH. THE UPPER TUNNEL IS IN LIMESTONE, STRIKES N 30 DEG E DIPS 45 DEG NW. THE LOWER TUNNEL IS 25 FT BELOW THE UPPER TUNNEL AND HAS A DIRECTION OF S 80 DEG E. VEIN IS 6-8 INCHES IN WIDTH AND DIPS 25 SW.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEEKS, F.B., 1908 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE OSCEOLA MINING DISTRICT, WHITE PINE CO., NEV. U.S. GEOL. BULL. 340

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA; PREPARED FOR BLM.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COARSE GOLD WAS OBSERVED ON EXPOSED FACES OF THE VEIN. CONSIDERABLE LEAD ORE WAS FOUND IN A VEIN PARALLEL TO THE LOWER TUNNEL VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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