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Radio Tower Shaft

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046827
MRDS ID M242042
Record type Site
Current site name Radio Tower Shaft
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1289

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.38564, 37.70105 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Split Mountain(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 03S 41E 03 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Harkless;Deep Springs
    Rock description Harkless;Deep Springs
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.38564, 37.70105
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thrust Fault Boundary

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOWER PLATE IS BRECCIATED, DK GREY LIMESTONE, CEMENTED WITH CALCITE. BOTH PLATES ARE STAINED WITH FE OXIDES. BRECCIA INCLUDES QUARTZITE FRAGMENTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Montezuma District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT, PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 8 MAY 83

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (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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