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Juniper 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046038
MRDS ID M233946
Record type Site
Current site name Juniper Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.81921, 40.56214 (WGS84)
Relative position NW OF INDEX ADITS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spruce Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
031N 063E 14,13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • N SLOPE OF SPRUCE MT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.81921, 40.56214
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spruce Mountain

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Comments on development

  • FEE, PATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, CLARK L., (1937), THE GEOLOGY OF THE BLACK FOREST MINE AREA, SPRUCE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA, THESIS U. OF ARIZONA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT ZONE; LEAD-SILVER PROSPECT
Deposit THE JUNIPER CLAIM IS DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT INTO JUNIPER LIMESTONE OF DEVONIAN AGE. A WNW STRIKING FAULT ZONE IS CUT BY THE SHAFT. MINERAL SURVEY NO. 41 (OFF. NO. 1463) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Tingley, J.V. 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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