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Nor Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10046653
MRDS ID M241846
Record type Site
Current site name Nor Claims
Alternate or previous names Eureka Prospect, Norman Mill Site Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.7101, 38.14715 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilbert(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 038E 04 NEAR CENTER Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN. LOCATION IS APPROXIMATED FROM SEVERAL SOURCES ON A RIDGE OF CHERT AND CHERTY QUARTZITE THAT SEPARATES GILBERT FROM SOUTH GILBERT DISTRICTS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chert Is Bleached And Softened Within Mineralized Zones, Chloritized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Palmetto
    Rock description Palmetto

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.7101, 38.14715
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FINE GRAIN IGNEOUS ROCK ON DOMD, FROM UNKNOWN DEPTH. BRECCIA SILICIFIED, VOGGY, GOSSANY, CEMENTED W EUHEDRAL QUARTZ CRYSTALS, SOME CHERT, DRUSY QUARTZ FILLED VOGS, ABUNDANT MNO2 STAINING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Mining district

District name Gilbert (Desert) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Anaconda Minerals Co. (Division Of Atlantic Richfield)
    Home office Reno, Nv
    First year 1982
  • Type Owner
    Owner Anaconda Minerals Co. (Division Of Atlantic Richfield)
    Home office Reno, Nv
    First year 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • Z SHAFTS, SURFACE CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, NBMG BULL. 78, PL2.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1978, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1927, USGS BULL 795-F.

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, SEPT 21, 1982.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHERT AND QUARTZITE ARE CUT AT ABOUT RIGHT ANGLES TO STRIKE BY FIVE IRREGULAR ZONES 2 TO 5 FT WIDE, OF SMALL QUARTZ STRINGERS. INDIVIDUAL VEINLETS ARE RARELY OVER AN INCH WIDE BUT ARE CLOSELY SPACED WITHIN THE MINERALIZED ZONES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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