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Galena Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Uranium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046789
MRDS ID M241997
Record type Site
Current site name Galena Claims
Alternate or previous names Galena No. 1, Galena No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.51036, 37.55162 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN, 700m To Near Center Of Section 35

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lida Wash(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)

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 004S 040E 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SLOPE OF SILVER PEAK RANGE (EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND = 0.02 MR/HR
Result HIGH = 0.075 MR/HR.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.51036, 37.55162
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gouge Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Railroad Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, DRIFTS AND SURFACE TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USBM 1978, MILS DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GALENA-QUARTZ VEIN PROSPECT IS REPORTEDLY SLIGHTLY RADIOACTIVE ALONG HANGING WALL OF THE VEIN.

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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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