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Seever Property

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, 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. 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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045731
MRDS ID M233532
Record type Site
Current site name Seever Property
Related records 10125741

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.9837, 38.71549 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky 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 010N 044E 11,12 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN JEFFERSON CANYON, 1 MILE NW OF KANROHAT PROPERTY. EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Analytical data

Result RICHEST SAMPLE OVER 2.5 FT VEIN WIDTH ASSAYED 0.8 OZ/T AU, 29.96 OZ/T AG, AVERAGE RANGE, 1.4-11.4 OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.9837, 38.71549
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jefferson Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG, SEVERAL RAISES, WINZE,-SMALL AMOUNT OF STOPING AND CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF SURFACE DRIFTING AND STOPING.

Comments on development

  • CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF SURFACE DRIFTING AND STOPING DONE IN EARLY DAYS BY INDIANS AND MEXICANS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50

  • Deposit

    STOTESBURY, H.W., 1918, REPORT ON SEEVER PROPERTY, JEFFERSON CANYON; NBMG FILE 247-ITEM 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINS BUNCHES AND SEAMS OF HIGH-GRADE AG ORE, STRINGERS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE.

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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