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Purple Sage Claims

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046569
MRDS ID M241754
Record type Site
Current site name Purple Sage Claims
Alternate or previous names Sample Location #1026

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.0892, 36.45498 (WGS84)
Elevation 960

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Schader(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Death Valley Junction(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 017S 052E 23 SE OF SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Johnnie;Stirling Quartzite
    Rock description Johnnie;Stirling Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.0892, 36.45498
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip STEEPLY SE
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of A Ne-Sw-Trending Thrust Fault Between Johnnie Fm (Upper Plate) & Stirling Qtzite (Lower Plate)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Johnnie District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Purple Sage Mining Co.
    First year 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 INCLINED SHAFTS ALONG A N30E LINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, 4/19/82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN, WHICH BORE PYRITE GHOSTS, WAS BRECCIATED AND CEMENTED WITH BLACK BOXWORK IRON-MANGANESE OXIDES. THERE WERE PODS OF HEMATITE/LIMONITE-STAINED GOSSAN IN THE VEIN BRECCIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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