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Lucky Horseshoe Group

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Uranium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045019
MRDS ID M232671
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Horseshoe Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.18046, 41.68376 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Relative position BY JEEP RD. 8 MILES S. FROM VIRGIN VALLEY RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alkali Peak(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 043N;044N;044N 025E;025E;024E 06;31;36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1/2 MILE SE OF DEVANEY CAMPGROUND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result TRACE AU AND AG
Result LESS THAN 0.005% U3O8

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.18046, 41.68376
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer P.B. Meyers, J. Meyers, W.W. Ware, And G. Kendricks.

Mining district

District name Virgin Valley District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Deposit 14 CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1955 BY P.B. MEYERS, J. MEYERS, W.W. WARE, AND G. KENDRICKS. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

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

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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