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Trapper and Shortcake Claims

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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 10045724
MRDS ID M233524
Record type Site
Current site name Trapper and Shortcake Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.56011, 39.11686 (WGS84)
Elevation 2454
Relative position ABOUT 8.5 AIRMILES S10W FROM PETERSON STATION ON HIGHWAY 50.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Shoshone Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 039E 35 NW OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN WILLOW CREEK CANYON, ON NORTH SIDE OF CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N-Trending, Post-Mineral, Near-Vertical Faults Offset Veins

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.03M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • CRUSTIFIED STRUCTURE TO VEINS WITH IRON OXIDES OCCUPYING CENRAL PORTION OF SOME (ORIGINALLY PYRITE?)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jackson District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hooper, K. W.
    Home office 110 Ferguson St, Fallon Nv
    First year 1981

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 40M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PARTIALLY CAVED ADIT, A 10X10 M PIT, SEVERAL SHORT ADITS. MAIN ADIT IS PROBABLY ONLY 30-40 M. LONG, BASED ON SIZE OF DUMP

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL LOCATION NOTICES ON PROPERTY-SEVERAL OWNERS-LATEST, 1980. ACCESSIBLE BY JEEP RD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., FIELD EXAMINATION, 8 AUG 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL IRREGULAR SUB-PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS, SUB-HORIZONTAL, PROBABLY IN A LOW ANGLE SHEAR ZONE 3-4M. WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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