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Black Matrix Turquoise Claim

Prospect in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295666
MAS/MILS ID 0320110022
Record type Site
Current site name Black Matrix Turquoise Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.29263, 40.9166 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rodeo Creek NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035 N 051 E 18 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.29263, 40.9166
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 790912

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS AT INTERSECTIONS OF N-S AND E-W FAULTS A PIPES OR IN CAVES THAT HAVE FORMED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1867
Year of first production 1870

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Diamond Excelsior
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1942
  • Type Operator
    Owner Consolidated Eureka Mng. Co.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1971

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J. ET AL, GEOL. AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA

  • Deposit

    CO., NEV., 1967, NEV. BU MINES BULL. 64, P. 85.

  • Deposit

    KOSCHMANN, A.H., AND BERGENDAHL, M.H., PRINCIPAL AU-PRO-

  • Deposit

    DUCING DISTRICTS OF THE U.S., 1968, USGS PROF. PAPER 610,

  • Deposit

    P. 179.

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT NEV., 1962, USGS

  • Deposit

    PROF. PAPER 406.

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOL. MAP 1-793, 1974.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    NEV., 1923.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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