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Blaine and Kasper Property

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044939
MRDS ID M232580
Record type Site
Current site name Blaine and Kasper Property
Alternate or previous names Dolmite Claims Nos. 1-4
Related records 10256348

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.52124, 41.07933 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MILES NE OF GOLCONDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golconda Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037N 040E 18 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Analytical data

Result 8-10 OZ/TON AG FOR ORE ON DUMP IN 1920. 8 SAMPLES RANGED FROM 4.1 TO 21.3 OZ/TONAG.

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 > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.52124, 41.07933
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 28-30E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Limestone And Shale

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Discoverer Blaine And Kasper
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name Dutch Flat District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • 100-125 TONS ORE MINED, MAINLY SILVER VALUES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 33.53M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPER, A.F., 1920, REPORT ON BLAINE AND KASPER PROPERTY, GOLCONDA, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.,-UNPUB-ON FILE AT NBMG

  • Production

    CARPER, A.F., 1920.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED BY BLAINE AND KASPER IN 1920. DEVELOPMENT WAS BY A SS-FT CROSSCUT TUNNELAND A SS-FT INCLINE PLUS 2 SHORTER INCLINES.(MAP LOCATION IS UNSURE) ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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