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Sleeper Extension

Prospect in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198584
MAS/MILS ID 0320130790
Record type Site
Current site name Sleeper Extension
Alternate or previous names Alma Mine, Breccia Zone

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -117.93288, 41.29988 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Awakening Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Comments on the location information

  • MILS LAT/LONG IS APPROX., PROJECT AREA IS AROUND THE HISTORIC PAST PRODUCING ALMA MINE, APPROX 14,000 FT SE OF AMAX SLEEPER PIT. THE BRECCIA ZONE IS 17,000 FT SE OF THE PIT. MILS LAT/LONG OF THE SLEEPER PIT IS N412010/W1180303. THIS PROPERTY FILE IS NOT RELATED TO THE SLEEPER CLAIMS SEQ# 0320071011. IT MAY BE RELATED TO ALMA CLAIMS SEQ# 0320130490.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -117.93288, 41.29988
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1994

Mining district

District name Sleeper

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner X-Cal Resources
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner York Mines
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1996

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P350.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-SEP-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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