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Rustler Claim

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Arsenic, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044454
MRDS ID M231874
Record type Site
Current site name Rustler Claim
Alternate or previous names Willow Creek Mining Co. Claims, Silver Camp.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.70337, 38.21773 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 3 MILES SE OF NYALA RANCH IN SAVERSBURG CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nyala(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 056E 08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN SAVERSBURG CANYON, JUST SOUTH OF GOLD CANYON.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Limonite Ore
Silver Ore
Iron Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE FROM ADIT ASSAYED >1% AS
Result 1% SB
Result 2% PB
Result 500 PPM CD
Result 0.5% CU
Result 0.15 % AG
Result 4.5 AND 13 PPM AU.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pole Canyon;Lincoln Peak
    Rock description Pole Canyon;Lincoln Peak
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.70337, 38.21773
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Limestone Strikes N20e,Dip 85e.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike ONE VEIN- N-S ; THE OTHER- N25W
    Dip ONE VEIN- 45E; THE OTHER- 85E
    Thickness 0.61M
  • General form TABULAR
    Strike ONE VEIN- N-S ; THE OTHER- N25W
    Dip ONE VEIN- 45E; THE OTHER- 85E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1911
Discoverer Charles Sampson And David Jenkins.

Mining district

District name Willow Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. E. Hawkins
    First year 1951
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hawkins, W. E.
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION TO 1951 IS LESS THAN $50,000

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF SHAFTS AND ADITS.

Comments on development

  • THE ORIGINAL DISCOVERY IN THE DISTRICT; THE GROUP OF 6 CLAIMS WAS PURCHASED BY GEORGE WINGFIELD IN 1913,WHO FORMED THE WILLOW CREEK MINING CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 214

  • Deposit

    SIRDEVAN, W.H., 1913,UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE WILLOW CREEK DISTRICT; NBMG FILES, FILE 262, ITEM 1.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M.,1916, USGS BULL 648.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 213

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALSO A LENS, 6 FT THICK BY 15 FT LONG OF OXIDE ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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