Uneeta Claim

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045653
MRDS ID M233440
Record type Site
Current site name Uneeta Claim
Alternate or previous names Soliday

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.0467, 41.25603 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tecoma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pilot-Thousand Springs, Nevada, Utah(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 039N 070E 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON UTAH-NEV STATE LINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Simonson Dolomite
    Rock description Simonson Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.0467, 41.25603

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOSSAN FORMED IN S/NEAR INTERSECTION OF N-S FAULT ZONE (VERT.) W/N 40 DEG E, 55 DEG NW SHEAR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lucin

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS SMALL

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN/FAULT ZONE; WITH GOSSAN FOR MED NEAR INTERSECTION OF FAULT ZONE WITH SHEAR

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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.