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Groundhog No. 1 and Other Claims

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite, Antimony, Manganese
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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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045820
MRDS ID M233657
Record type Site
Current site name Groundhog No. 1 and Other Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.31954, 38.95103 (WGS84)
Elevation 3048
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Toiyabe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SELECTED GRAB SAMPLE OF FRACTURE COATINGS CONTAINS: 2000 PPM CU
Result 0.24 PPM AU
Result 1.5 PPM AG
Result 300 PPM SB
Result 150 PPM MN
Result 5000 PPM BA

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 90
USGS model code 24a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, Cyprus
Mark3 model number 11

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Pablo
    Rock description Pablo

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.31954, 38.95103
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Golconda Thrust Plate

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Twin River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Philip And Louis Meyer Of Tonopah
    First year 1964

Comments on the workings information

  • 10-FT. DEEP SHAFT, TRENCHES, N-TRENDING CUT

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED ORE MINERALS COAT FRACTURES IN SILICIFIED ZONE WITHIN AN APHANITIC GREENSTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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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