Midland and Hardy Claims

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044035
MRDS ID M231354
Record type Site
Current site name Midland and Hardy Claims
Alternate or previous names O'Leary Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.0715, 40.61379 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 8 MILES WSW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galena Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 044E 30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • S FORK OF LICKING CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result IN 1912, ORE CARRIED $18. IN AG
Result $1.50 IN AU
Result $5.00 IN COPPER
Result $10 IN LEAD, AND $16 IN ZINC, PER TON OF ORE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.0715, 40.61379

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dewitt Thrust Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-Striking Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N
    Dip W STEEPLY

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZITE IS HEAVILY IMPREGNATED WITH PYRITE NEAR THE VEIN. VEIN IS UP TO 18 INCHES WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNTS OF PB, ZN, AG, AU, CU; INCLUDED IN TOTAL PRODUCTION OF BUCKINGHAM MINE.

Comments on the workings information

  • MIDLAND ADIT, HARDY ADIT AND SHAFT, SHALLOW PITS

Comments on development

  • PART OF THE O'LEARY (BUCKINGHAM) GROUP OF 31 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THESE ARE PART OF THE O'LEARY (BUCKINGHAM MINE) BLOCK OF 31 CLAIMS. THESE CLAIMS ARE DEVELOPED BY THE MIDLAND ADIT. THE HARDY ADIT AND SHAFT, AND SHALLOW PITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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