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Pelican Claim

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044256
MRDS ID M231635
Record type Site
Current site name Pelican Claim
Alternate or previous names Francis Lee Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.89706, 39.02242 (WGS84)
Elevation 1747

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Quartz Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 036E 02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE PROJECTED FROM SOUTH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Excelsior Formation
    Rock description Excelsior Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning
    Rock description Luning

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.89706, 39.02242
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault; Nw-Striking Range-Front Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form FLECKS, IRREGULAR SEAMS, COATINGS
    Strike N63E
    Dip 75NW
    Width 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Comments on the geologic information

  • WELL-DEVELOPED CONTINUOUS CLEAVAGE (SCHISTOSITY) IN THE PORPHYRY. ABUNDANT GOSSAN AND QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL ON DUMP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lodi District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wilcox
    Home office Broken Hills
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS IN THE AREA INCLUDE A WEST-INCLINED SHAFT, AND A S7W TRENDING ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) 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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