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Temper Claims

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Antimony, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046524
MRDS ID M241696
Record type Site
Current site name Temper Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1466
Related records 10246844

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.6442, 37.60496 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tempiute Mountain South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 056E 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1466 CONTAINS 15% CA, 1500 PPM MN, 1500 PPM AG, 300 PPM AS, 20 PPM BA, 200 PPM CD 200 PPM CU, 7000 PPM PB, 5000 PPM SB, 5000 PPM ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.6442, 37.60496
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 25 W
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone, Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1860

Mining district

District name Tempiute District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS, ADITS, NO RECENT DEVELOPMENT. WORKINGS PERPENDICULAR TO FAULT ZONE. AT UPPER WORKINGS, ADIT IS STOPED TO LOWER ADIT. DRILL HOLES AT TOP OF SADDLE

Comments on development

  • WORKED ABOUT 1860-1880. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983, BUT AREA DRILLED PROBABLY WITHIN LAST 5-10 YEARS, AT TOP OF SADDLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, OCT. 4, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS ALONG PROMINENT SHEAR ZONE IN LIMESTONE. WORKINGS ARE PERPENDICULAR T0 FAULT ZONE. ORE CONSISTS OF GREENISH, HEAVY LIMESTONE BRECCIA, ABUNDANT CALCITE VEINS, MINOR MN-FE STAINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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