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Quartz Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046885
MRDS ID M242110
Record type Site
Current site name Quartz Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1072

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.13955, 38.02299 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miller Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 02N 34E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.13955, 38.02299
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • SERICITE BANDS OCCUR AT CONTACT BETWEEN PEGMATITE AND GRANODIORITE. PEGMATITE DIKE IS ABOUT 20 FT WIDE, CUT WITH GREEN MICA, CONTAINS BIOTITE CHRYSTALS UP TO 1 INCH; FE OXIDE ALONG FRACTURES, DENDRITIC PYROLUSITE AND CHORITIZED IN AREAS. DIKE TRENDS N20W. FELDSPAR APPEARS TO BE PLAGIOCLASE WITH ORTHOCLASE(?).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Horse

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Merle Swanson

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING CONSIST OF A COUPLE OF DOZER CUTS IN GRAND DIORITE, WHICH IS CUT BY MASSIVE QUARTZ VEINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMENATION (AUG. 5, 1982)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ OCCURS IN MASSIVE BULL QUARTZ VIENS AND AS INTERSEPTS IN FELDSPAR RICH PEGMITITE DIKE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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