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Gold Ore Claims

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043745
MRDS ID M231021
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Ore Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.93432, 39.931 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 2 MI WSW OF JESSUP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jessup(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024N 027E 22 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result 300 PPM SILVER, 11.56 PPM GOLD

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.93432, 39.931
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jessup

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHAFTS AND AT LEAST ONE ADIT IN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS AND ORE SHAFT IN TERTIARY ANDESITE. IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE AREA, A VERTICAL SHAFT EXTENDS TO A DEPTH OF SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET, AND AN INCLINED SHAFT FOLLOWS AN IRON STAINED SILICIFIED ZONE IN THE METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. THE DUMPS ARE COMPOSED OF SOMEWHAT PHYLLITIC METAVOLCANIC ROCKS THAT ORIGINALLY WERE PROBABLY INTERMEDIATE TO SILICEOUS PYROCLASTIC ROCKS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, R.C., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG, BULL 83

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) 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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