Greens Camp

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Uranium, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046716
MRDS ID M241917
Record type Site
Current site name Greens Camp
Alternate or previous names Atlas, Moonstone, Moonstone Annex and Ajax No.1 Claims, Green's Pride Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.39174, 37.32995 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2.3 MILES SW OF GOLD POINT (HORNSILVER)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Point SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(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 007S 041E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 6 CLAIMS IN SW PART OF THE DISTRICT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Uranium Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY = 0.025 MR/HR
Result HIGH = 0.08 MR/HR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.39174, 37.32995

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike WNW TO N45W
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Slips

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hornsilver (Lime Point, Gold Point) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. D. Green And Mrs. Nellie Emery
    First year 1931

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 42.67M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PITS, TRENCHES AND AN INACCESSIBLE SHAFT 60 FT DEEP WITH 112-FT DRIFT; 28-FT TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • "WELL WORTHY OF DEVELOPMENT" (1931). ON THE DUMP WAS 2 TONS OF ORE ASSAYING 4.6 OZ/TON AU AND 2 OZ/TON AG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, NBMG BULL. 81, P. 52.

  • Deposit

    BAKER, ARTHUR, III, 1966, UNPUBLISHED NOTES ON SCOUTING EXPEDITION IN HORNSILVER AREA; NBMG FILE 92

  • Deposit

    SMITH, A.M. AND CARPENTER, JAY, 1931, UNPUBLISHED NOTES FROM INSPECTION TRIP TO HORNSILVER; NBMG FILE 92, ITEM 8.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY IS REPORTED IN QUARTZ VEINS WHICH CUT A GRANITIC INTRUSIVE. COPPER, LEAD, ZINC MINERALS ALSO PRESENT. CU MINERALIZATION IN WNW SLIPS ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG ARGILLIZATION, SLIPS ABOUT 50 FT APART COPPER STAINING AREA IS LOW ON SLOPE WEST OF GREENS CAMP. 5 STRONG QUARTZ VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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