Liberty Loan Claim

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. 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 10045066
MRDS ID M232724
Record type Site
Current site name Liberty Loan Claim
Alternate or previous names Liberty Bond Claim
Related records 10173779

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.73237, 41.55127 (WGS84)
Relative position UNCERTAIN OF EXACT LOCATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Rosa Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 042N;043N 038E;038E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 4 MILES S. OF REBEL CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AU-TRACE
Result AG-0.58 - 4.06 OZ/TON
Result PB-0-1.4,

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 Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Grass Valley Formation;Winnemucca Formation
    Rock description Grass Valley Formation;Winnemucca Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.73237, 41.55127

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip STEEP E
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: VEIN 1.5 TO 3 FT. WIDE; SEVERAL PARALLEL VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Discoverer John O'Hara

Mining district

District name Rebel Creek District (New Goldfield

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Crittenden And Crutchfield
    First year 1918

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNSIGNED NOTES DATED 5/3/20 AND 5/4/20 ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES UNDER REBEL CREEK DISTRICT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: POLYMETALLIC VEINS.
Deposit DEVELOPED BY TUNNELS. IT WAS LOCATED MAY 4TH 1918 BY S. H. CRITTENDEN AND W. F. CRITCHFIELD. ORIGINALLY LOCATED BY JOHN O'HARA IN 1907 ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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