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Happy Day Claim

Past Producer 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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 10045758
MRDS ID M233576
Record type Site
Current site name Happy Day Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.1437, 38.53799 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3.1 AIRMILES S40E FROM JUNCTION OF RTE 8A AND RTE. 69 IN BIG SMOKY VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seyler Peak(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

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 008N 043E 22 W2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN MANHATTAN GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Analytical data

Result FINENESS: 732 PPT AU
Result 262.5 PPT AG
Result 5.5 PPT BASE METALS

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.1437, 38.53799
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 27.43M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH OF GRAVEL OVER BEDROCK INCREASES FROM 70 TO 90 FT OVER THE LENGTH OF THIS CLAIM. BEDROCK IS UNEVEN WITH NUMEROUS "JUMP-OFFS."

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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