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Helen Claims

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper
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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. 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 10046746
MRDS ID M241950
Record type Site
Current site name Helen Claims
Alternate or previous names Helen Nos. 1-3, Sunnyside, Sunnyside Nos. 1&2, Helen Fraction, Helen Fraction Nos. 1&2 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.19424, 37.91688 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mud Lake NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 043E 19,30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF THE OLD MARIETTA MINE AND ONE MILE EAST OF THE ORIGINAL KLONDYKE MINE. 10 CLAIMS COVER 155 ACRES. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result VEIN HANGING WALL ASSAYED 27.6 OZ/T AG, TR. AU, 0.5% CU OVER 1.4 FT
Result DUMPS AND FOOTWALL ASSAYED 0.8-2.6 OZ/T AG, TR. AU (1920)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • 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) -117.19424, 37.91688
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Thrust Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N5W
    Dip 12E
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding-Plane Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEDIMENTS STRIKE N-S AND DIP 12-45 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Klondyke District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Crown Point Divide Mining Co.
    First year 1920

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 4.57M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS CUTS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS, ONE TUNNEL, UNDERHAND STOPE, 15-FT DEEP INCLINE

Comments on development

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS SHIPPED IN EARLY DAYS OF THE DISTRICT. IN 1920, 2 MEN WERE CHLORIDING A STREAK MAKING ABOUT 0.5 TON PER DAY OF $25.00 TO $30.00/TON ORE. 2 DUMPS PRESENT IN 1920 OF 150 TONS AND 10 TON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPER, A.F., 1920, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON CROWN POINT DIVIDE MINING CO.; NBMG FILE 94, ITEM 1

  • Deposit

    CHIPP, E.R., 1969, UNR MINES THESIS 351

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEIN ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN LIME AND LIME SHALE WHICH HAS HAD SOME FAULT MOVEMENT

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

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