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Snow Ball Claims

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Graphite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037612
MRDS ID M035648
Record type Site
Current site name Snow Ball Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.28956, 38.5852 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position APPROX. 10 MI. NW OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Head Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 032E 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EST. LOCATION 2.5 MI. NO. OF KINKAID

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • X-RAY ANALYSIS INDICATES THE GRAPHITE IS IMPURE AND MIXED WITH VARIOUS OTHER CONSTITUENTS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.28956, 38.5852
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N
    Dip 90
    Length 45.72M
    Width 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fitting

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner K. J. Palos
    Home office Ky.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD, N. L., 1966 , INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 14

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) 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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