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Mothers Last Hope Claim

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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046656
MRDS ID M241849
Record type Site
Current site name Mothers Last Hope Claim
Alternate or previous names Mothers Lost Hope Claim, NBMG Sample Site 1275

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.69899, 38.19187 (WGS84)

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 004N 038E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Argilie

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.69899, 38.19187
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VOLGY, FINE DRUSY QUARTZ COATS FRACTURES, YELLOW OXIDES COAT SURFACES OXIDIZED PYRITE GHOSTS OCCUR IN ARGILLIZED RHYOLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gilbert District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES OF SHAFTS, ADITS AND POSPECT PITS. ALONG RIDGE OF VOLCANICS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, SEPT 22, 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROCK BLEACHED, ARGILIZED, FE-MN STAINED, CUT BY BULL QUARTZ VEINS AND SILICIOOS VEINLETS, ROCKS MICRO BRECCIATED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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