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Red Fox Nickel Deposits

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149641
MAS/MILS ID 0320230129
Record type Site
Current site name Red Fox Nickel Deposits
Alternate or previous names Red Fox Nos. 1-35, Verde Claim Group, Chip Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.19342, 38.47053 (WGS84)
Elevation 1966
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baxter Spring NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky 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 007 N 043 E 07 E2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Nickel Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.19342, 38.47053
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1960

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kohlmoos, William
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES PRELIMINARY REPORT BY W.T. BENSON,

  • Deposit

    1960, 10 P.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, 1984,

  • Deposit

    P. 18 & 19 (KLEINHAMPL AND ZIONY).

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROCKS EXPOSED ON THE RED FOX CLAIMS INCLUDE SHALES, SCHISTS, AND SERPENTINES WITH INCLUDED LENSES OF QUARTZITE AND BEDS OF LIMESTONE. IN THE HILLS IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST THESE FORMATIONS HAVE BEEN INTRUDED BY GRANODIORITE. NICKEL MINERALIZATION, AS GARNIERITE, OCCURS IN AN IRON STAINED SILICEOUS RIB AND IN A BELT OF SERPENTINE ASSOCIATED WITH VARYING SMALL AMOUNTS OF COPPER, COBALT AND SILVER WITH TRACES OF GOLD. IN GENERAL, THE AREA IS COVERED BY VARYING THICKNESSES OF SURFACE OVERBURDEN DEVELOPMENT OPENINGS COMPRISE A FEW TEST PITS AND CUTS ALONG THE IRON-STAINED SILICEOUS OUTCROP AND REMOVAL OF SHORT SECTIONS OF OVERBURDEN IN THE SERPENTINE AREA. THREE CHIP SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FROM SHALLOW EXPOSURES. THE HIGHEST NICKEL ASSAY WAS 0.38 PERCENT, ACROSS 5 METERS OF SERPENTINE. THE OTHER TWO SAMPLES, FROM IRON-STAINED OUTCROPS, CONTAINED ONLY 0.11 AND 0.03 PERCENT NICKEL. THE THREE COPPER ASSAYS WERE 0.05, IN THE SERPENTINE, AND 0.07 AND 0.13 IN THE IRON-STAINED OUTCROPS. COBALT ASSAYED 0.02 IN THE SERPENTINE AND 0.01 IN BOTH OF THE IRON-STAINED OUTCROP SAMPLES. GOLD ASSAYED FROM TRACE TO A WHOPPING 0.005 OUNCES PER TON SILVER ASSAYED FROM TRACE TO 0.05. EXPLORATION OPENINGS ON THE PROPERTY ARE NOT EXTENSIVE ENOUGH TO PERMIT MAKING A RESERVE TONNAGE ESTIMATE. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE IRON-STAINED OUTCROPS ARE PART OF A RIB THAT EXTENDS THE FULL LENGTH OF THE CLAIMS. SHOULD THIS BE SO, A BLOCK 5,000 METERS LONG AND 3 METERS WIDE WOULD CONTAIN ABOUT 36,000 TONS PER METER OF DEPTH PROVIDING A FACTOR OF 4 CUBIC METERS PER TON IS USED. THE SERPENTINE AREA, ABOUT 250 METERS IN LENGTH, AVERAGES ABOUT 25 METERS IN WIDTH. A BLOCK THIS SIZE CONTAINS 15,000 TONS PER METER OF DEPTH, SHOULD A TONNAGE FACTOR OF 4 (CUBIC METERS PER TON) BE USED. THE RED FOX NICKEL DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF 35 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS LOCATED IN T7N, R43E SEC 7, AND ALSO IN T7N, R42E, SECS 12 AND 13. MANHATTAN MINING DISTRICT SEE VERDE CLAIM GROUP FILE FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION AND ASSAY RESULTS (0320232001). NICKEL DISCOVERED IN 1960 BY PETE JAGLES AND VIC SMITH, TONOPAH, NV - CALLED CLAIM RED FOX. RELOCATED AS CHIP CLAIMS AROUND 1975 BY BILL KOHLMOOS, RENO, NV AND RELOCATED IN 1981 AS VERDE CLAIM GROUP BY KOHLMOOS. STILL OWNS IN 1995. NOT EXAMINED IN DETAIL BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IN 1992 BECAUSE VERY LITTLE OF THE CLAIMS LIE ON USFS GROUND. SEE BETTY CLAIM GROUP FOR ASSAYS AND MORE INFORMATION. THESE ARE OVERLAPPING CLAIM GROUP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-FEB-95 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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