1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Giant Claims

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury
Map
XML
JSON
KML
D
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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045748
MRDS ID M233563
Record type Site
Current site name Giant Claims
Alternate or previous names Giant, Nos. 1 & 2 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.85202, 38.38188 (WGS84)
Elevation 2
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Ten Peak East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(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 006N 046E 05 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SE OF BIG TEN PEAK-EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching, Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.85202, 38.38188
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1962

Mining district

District name Longstreet District (Fresno District)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., (IN PRESS) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO., NV; NBMG BULL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 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.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

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