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Dago Hill Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046743
MRDS ID M241947
Record type Site
Current site name Dago Hill Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1122

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.45147, 37.45495 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lida(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 005S 041E 32 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 0.6 MILE N OF HIGHWAY 3, 3 MILES E OF LIDA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Poleta
    Rock description Poleta

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.45147, 37.45495
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Structure; Brecciation Of Skarn

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lida District ; (Alida Valley, Tule Canyon District)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, ADITS, BULLDOZER CUTS

Comments on development

  • SOME BULLDOZER WORK WAS BEING DONE FURTHER UP THE HILL AND GEOCHEMISTRY AND STAKING DONE IN PERIPHERY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON JUNE 2 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFTS AND ADITS ARE ALIGNED ALONG A VEIN SYSTEM ALONG FAULT SYSTEM

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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