Blaker-Sloane Property

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045753
MRDS ID M233569
Record type Site
Current site name Blaker-Sloane Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.07092, 38.51076 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT ONE MILE DUE WEST OF TOP OF SUMMIT HILL., 300m To General Area Of Property

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manhattan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern 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 008N 044E 32 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF MANHATTAN; EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHIEF VALUE IS IN SILVER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Hedwig Breccia
    Rock description Hedwig Breccia
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.07092, 38.51076

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILVER AND GOLD VALUES ARE PROBABLY IN THE CEMENTING MATERIAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIRDEVAN, W.H., 1913, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE BLAKER SLOANE PROPERTY, ON FILE AT NBMG FILE 240, ITEM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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