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Burke

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045589
MRDS ID M233361
Record type Site
Current site name Burke
Alternate or previous names Burk Fraction, California?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.01508, 40.51519 (WGS84)
Relative position W OF STORM KING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ravens Nest(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 053E 04 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • E OF WEST END LODE N SLOPE OF BUNKER HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.01508, 40.51519
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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 1900

Mining district

District name Railroad

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nevada-Bunker Hill Mining Co. (Early 1900'S)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER-LEAD-SILVER PROSPECT-REPLACEMENT
Deposit THE BURLSE OR BURLS FRACTION CLAIM IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF BUNKER HILL, WEST OF THE STORM KING CLAIM, AND E OF THE WEST END LODE. THIS IS PERHAPS THE SAME AS THE CALIFORNIA PATENTED CLAIM (KETNER, 1963 P B25). THE BURKE CLAIM WAS INCLUDED IN THE HOLDUPS OF THE NEVADA BUNKER HILL MINING TO WHICH WAS ACTIVE IN THE FIRST SEVERAL DECADES OF 1900. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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