Side Hill Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite, Copper, Lead, Antimony
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10046841
MRDS ID M242057
Record type Site
Current site name Side Hill Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1184
Related records 10197316

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.26313, 37.28828 (WGS84)

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)

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 07S 42E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Bornite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.26313, 37.28828

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tokop District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, GLORY HOLES (AT LEAST 5)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 6 MAY 83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOST ROCK IS CUT BY, STOCKWORK TYPE QUARTZ VEINING, QUARTZ HIGHLY FRACTURED CHARMING SULFIDES, QUARTZ IS BRECCIATED AND CEMENTED WITH MNO. STAINED SILICA.

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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.