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Camp Dupont Group

Occurrence in Clark 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037195
MRDS ID M031075
Record type Site
Current site name Camp Dupont Group
Related records 10174130

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.75221, 35.56168 (WGS84)
Relative position 17 MILES NE OF SEARCHLIGHT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ireteba Peaks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boulder City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lake Mead National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
027S 065E 29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM COORDINATES ONLY APPROXIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 281
USGS model code 37b
Deposit model name Gold on flat faults

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.75221, 35.56168
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME HIGH GRADE COPPER-GOLD-SILVER ORE MIXED WITH SPECULAR IRON REPORTED IN QUARTZ VEIN IN SHEARED OLIVINE BASALT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Newberry

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION OF 35 TONS OF ORE REPORTED FROM BIG SHOT CLAIM 1936 .

Comments on the workings information

  • BIG SHOT WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT 150 FT. LONG.

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. 200 .

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W. O., 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CLARK CO. US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6964 , P. 78 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INCLUDES SAZARAC, BORNITE AND BIG SHOT CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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