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Betty Claim Group

Prospect in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Mercury, Silver, Zinc
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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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247223
MAS/MILS ID 0320231196
Record type Site
Current site name Betty Claim Group
Alternate or previous names Betty East Project

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.13952, 38.46353 (WGS84)
Elevation 2295
Location accuracy 10(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

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

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 15 NWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.13952, 38.46353
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Willow Spring

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 BOUNDARY CONFUSION EXISTS BEACUSE THERE ARE 3 SEPARATE BETTY CLAIM PARCELS AND ADJACENT BETTY CLAIMS LOCATED BY HOMESTAKE. BETTY CLAIMS (166), LOCATED BY YOUNG AND LEE HIATT IN 1970. LEE HIATT QUIT CLAIMED TO YOUND IN 1972 AND YOUNG ACQUIRES BILL BHOLMOOS, REN, NV (BARIUM PRODUCTS) AS 49% PARTNER IN 1986 AND 70% PARTNER IN 1987. FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE SAMPLES COLLECTED FOLLOWED BY SELECTED AREA DRILLING, EXPLORATION THROUGH VARIOUS MINING COMPANY LEASES. NINETY-SIX USBM SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM WORKINGS IN 1992. ANOMOLOUS SAMPLES CONCENTRATED IN AREAS NORTH OF BAXTER AND WILLOW SPRINGS. NEVADA GOLDFIEDS DRILLED 1991-1993 IN SEC. 15. POSSIBLE NI-BISMUTH-BASE METAL CONCENTRATED IN E 1/2 SEC. 7.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-MAR-1995 Schmauch, Steven W. 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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