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Sampson Claims

Occurrence in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037155
MRDS ID M031026
Record type Site
Current site name Sampson Claims
Related records 10246358

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.09973, 36.37332 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 8 MILES NORTH OF NELSON AIR FORCE BASE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Las Vegas Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
018S 061E 24 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calamine Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Gold Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.09973, 36.37332
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS ALONG FRACTURES IN BRECCIATED LIMESTONE, CUT BY SMALL FAULTS. LIMESTONE CONTAINS MANY CHERT NODULES. CALAMINE OCCURS IN SMALL CRYSTALS LINING VUGS IN THE BRECCIATED DOLOMITE. SOME GOLD & SILVER NOTED IN THE ASSAYS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gass Peak

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 75 FT. DEEP INCLINED SHAFT, WITH A 14 FT. DRIFT AT 50 FEET AND A 41 FT. VERTICLE WINZE; 2 SHORT DRIFTS FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE WINZE; OPEN CUTS AND ANOTHER 15 FT. SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 146 , 182

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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