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Topsy Claim

Prospect in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  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 10044091
MRDS ID M231418
Record type Site
Current site name Topsy Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.88844, 40.45657 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 15 MILES S. 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

Crippen Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 045E 23,22 Nevada

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic, Sericitic.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.88844, 40.45657
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roberts Mtns Thrust (At Depth), Leis (Whiskey Canyon) Thrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Yankey Fault-Vein; Other Laramide Faults, Nne&Nw.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Shears

Comments on the geologic information

  • BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO MAIN BETTY O'NEAL CLAIMS, MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY ARE INFERRED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lewis District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • $5,000 TO $100,000 WORTH, CHIEFLY AG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 88, TART I

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS ONE OF THE LESSER-DEVELOPED BETTY O'NEAL CLAIMS, CURRENTLY BEING EXPLORED BY NORANDA, CO. ; 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.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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