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Trappmans Camp

Occurrence in Nye 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044532
MRDS ID M231983
Record type Site
Current site name Trappmans Camp

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.66978, 37.51634 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position TWO MILES SOUTH OF WILSONS CAMP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trappman Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cactus Flat(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 047E 12 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RATIO OF GOLD TO SILVER IS 1:4.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.66978, 37.51634
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N-NE
    Dip 65W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Discoverer Hermann Trappman And John Gabbard

Mining district

District name Trappmans District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHAFTS, ONE 50 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALL, S.H., 1906, NOTES ON THE ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA IN EMMONS, S.F., AND ECKEL, E.C., CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1905: USGS BULL. 285, P. 68-69

  • Deposit

    BALL, S.H., 1907, A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISANCE IN SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA: USGS BULL. 308, P. 138-139.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE PERIODS OF VEIN FORMATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-81 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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