Wp Claims

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Barium-Barite, Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125063
MAS/MILS ID 0320070997
Record type Site
Current site name Wp Claims
Alternate or previous names Jerritt Canyon - 0320070879, B. D. Claims, Eagle Prospect - 0320070471, Clark Parcels, Clark Minerals Property, Waterwitch, Tj 1-16, Van 1-17, Sona, Griffith, Goodview

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -116.03842, 41.2771 (WGS84)
Elevation 2268
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Water Pipe Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039 N 053 E 17 ALL Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -116.03842, 41.2771

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 61, 1963, P. 48-49.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 98, 1984, P. 53-54.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 17-92, 1992, PLATE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 136.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE CLAIM BLOCK ALSO COVERS SECS. 3-10, AND 15-21. PRODUCTION OCCURS AT EAGLE PROSPECT; REST OF CLAIM IS BEING DRILLED FOR GOLD (1989).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-FEB-93 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.