B.W. Claims

Prospect in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198208
MAS/MILS ID 0320170390
Record type Site
Current site name B.W. Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Sites 3026 and 3027

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -115.73757, 37.49356 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groom Range(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahranagat Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005 S 055+E 21 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -115.73757, 37.49356

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATIFORM
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Date of Last Modification 940126

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Groom District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. OFR OF86-9, 1989.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REPORT 44, 1989, P. 4.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JAN-94 Stevenson 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.