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Earth Resources Claim Block

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045695
MRDS ID M233488
Record type Site
Current site name Earth Resources Claim Block
Alternate or previous names C128-A On Claim Post

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.45504, 38.7855 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Pine Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Duckwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 058E 28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Guilmette;Chainman Shale And Joanna Limestone
    Rock description Guilmette;Chainman Shale And Joanna Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.45504, 38.7855
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N20W
    Dip 60NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault, Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1979

Mining district

District name Currant District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Earth Resources Co., - Gary Grauberger - Locator
    Home office 5920 Mcintyre, Golden, Colo, 80401

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • DOUBLE-PORTALLED ADIT, 20-FT DEEP SHAFT, DOZER CUTS, PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WIRE, 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE CURRANT CREEK DISTRICT, UCLA M.A. THESIS

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B. AND BENTZ, J., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION, 9 JULY 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1979-LOCATED
Deposit CALCITE VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D. D. 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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