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Clipper Group

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044996
MRDS ID M232647
Record type Site
Current site name Clipper Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.70212, 41.94431 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES SW OF DENIO (UNCERTAIN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Denio(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Thousand-Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 028E 01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • W. SLOPE OF PUEBLO RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.70212, 41.94431
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • FREE GOLD OCCURS IN QUARTZ STRINGERS IN ALTERED GRANODIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1937

Mining district

District name Warm Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jackson, C. H.
    First year 1938

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 67.06M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM INF. CIRC. 6995

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Deposit FIVE UNPATENTED CLAIMS OWNED IN 1938 BY C. H. JACKSON. IN 1937, THE PROPERTY WAS BEING PROSPECTED BY 3 MEN BY HAND-MINING METHODS, WITH NO PRODUCTION. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 2 ADITS ABOUT 110 FT. LONG, AND A SHAFT 50-FT. DEEP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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