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Goodwill Claim

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045010
MRDS ID M232662
Record type Site
Current site name Goodwill Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.00574, 41.83848 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 1 MILE S. FROM DUFFERENA SUB-HEADQUARTERS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virgin Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vya(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

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 026E 02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SEC. 02.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay Alteration

Analytical data

Result 20 PPM HG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.00574, 41.83848
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N10W
    Dip 1-5 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • ASH BEDS CONTAIN NUMEROUS GEODES WHICH MAY BE OF SOME ECONOMIC VALUE. TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONE MAY BE USEFUL AS DIMENSION STONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1974
Discoverer H.W. Wilson

Mining district

District name Virgin Valley District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wilson, H. W.
    First year 1974

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 PITS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE CLAIM WAS LOCATED IN 1974 BY H. W. WILSON AS A "MERCURY AND HYDROTHERMAL LODE". DEVELOPED BY 5 PITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-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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