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Painted Chief Claim

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Flagstone
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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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222045
MAS/MILS ID 0320230297
Record type Site
Current site name Painted Chief Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -116.88621, 38.04824 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
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

McKinney Tanks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002 N 045 E 01 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Flagstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -116.88621, 38.04824
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 50, 1951, P. 57

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 99B, 1984, PLATE B-1.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DECORATIVE STONE HAS A VERY WELL DEVELOPED LIESEGANG BANDING DUE TO ALTERATION AND OXIDATION OF A FINE GRAINED TUFF. THE AREA IS PART OF THE SOUTH MONITOR PROJECT OF AMAX (1989).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JUL-93 Satkoski, Jack J. 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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