B & M Property

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10046723
MRDS ID M241924
Record type Site
Current site name B & M Property
Alternate or previous names B & M, B & M Nos. 1-4, Garnet Claims
Related records 10173812

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.34841, 37.30412 (WGS84)
Elevation 1935
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN; UTM'S APPROXIMATE, To Workings In Approximate Vicinity Of The Property

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 041E 26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 5 CLAIMS 4 MILES SE OF HORNSILVER AND 4 MILES W OF GOLD MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Analytical data

Result 23 ASSAYS YIELDED FROM TR. TO 0.72 OZ/TAU
Result 0.2 TO 53.28 OZ/T AG. SAMPLES WERE OF VEIN MATERIAL AND SORTED ORE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.34841, 37.30412

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip 32 S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hornsilver (Gold Point, Lime Point) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE SHAFT FOLLOWS VEIN 32 DEGREES, 88FT DEEP, WITH 2 DRIFTS AT 55-FT LEVEL, 99 AND 93 FT LONG. ALSO SEVERAL SMALL TUNNELS, CUTS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPER, A.F., 1920, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE B & M PROPERTY; NBMG FILE 92 ITEM 5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 QUARTZ VEINS IN GRANITE PORPHYRY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-82 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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