Moth Group At Stratford

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045747
MRDS ID M233561
Record type Site
Current site name Moth Group At Stratford

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.92512, 39.02714 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 5 MILES NW OF LODITANK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Quartz Mountain(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

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 013N;014N 036E;036E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 5 MILES NW OF LODI TANK IN LODI HILLS. EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1906 ASSAYS RANGED FROM $8.80 TO $76.80/TON ORE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.92512, 39.02714

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lodi District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • 7 CLAIMS AND 2 FRACTIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.T., 1906, NOTES ON THE MOTH GROUP AT STRATFORD; UNPUBLISHED REPORT: NBMG FILE 238, ITEM 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WELL-DEFINED VEINS, NARROW, CU-STAINED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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