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Sample Site 1285

Producer 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. 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 10046696
MRDS ID M241895
Record type Site
Current site name Sample Site 1285

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.8851, 37.57383 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Garden Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(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 04S 37E Nevada

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Poleta
    Rock description Poleta
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.8851, 37.57383
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • OUT CROPS OF HOST ROCK ARE LIMONITIC STAINED WITH GOSSANY ZONES AND ABUNDANT FE-MN STAINED BOXWORK. SED. ARE CUT WITH QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINLETS CARRING PYRITE. HOST ROCK ARE SLIGHTLY SILICIFIED, HIGHLY FRACTURED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Good Hope (White Wolf)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICLE SHAFT, UNCOLLARED, MINOR TRENCHES AND DOG HOLES.

Comments on development

  • SOMEONE WAS ACTIVELY MINING THE SITE IN 1984, AND RO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, SEPT 25, 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED ZONE OF SULFIDES DESSIMINATED IN SILTY LIMESTONE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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