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Silver Reef Claim

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046009
MRDS ID M233915
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Reef Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.16117, 40.29714 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Medicine Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ruby Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Long-Ruby Valleys(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Jasper Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.16117, 40.29714
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN, 1 FT WIDE, APPROXIMATELY 6 IN WHITE BARITE, 6 IN FEOX-RICH GOSSITN ON HANGING WALL, VEIN STRIKE N 55 E, 50 NW. PODS MASSIVE, JASPER, ARE PRESENT SILTY LS WALL RK, VEINED W SILICA & CALCITE. LS CONTAINS NUMEROUS CRINOIDS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mud Springs

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FIELD EXAMINATION BY J. V. TINGLEY, NBMG, ON 8/1/80

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN OF BARITE, FE-OXIDE
Deposit SMALL PROSPECT PIT ON SITE. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Beintz, J.L. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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