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Side Winder Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046886
MRDS ID M242111
Record type Site
Current site name Side Winder Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1078

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.09677, 38.03604 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbus(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 35E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.09677, 38.03604
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRINCIPLE COMMODITY IS RED, GREEN, BROWN AND BLACK JASPER, THAT IS BANDED IN VARIOUS PATTERNS. GREEN JASPER (PRASE) GIVES APPEARANCE LIKE JADE. JASPER FILLS CAVITIES, FRACTURES AND SEAMS. JASPER OUTCROPS THROUGHOUT RIDGE AND APPEARS TO BE WEATHERED IN PLACE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Horse

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Heilberger

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING CONSIST OF A SMALL (10X12X5 FT) EXCAVATED SOLUTION CAVITY.

Comments on development

  • APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN INACTIVE OVER PAST 5 YEARS (1982)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION (AUG. 6, 1982)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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