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Treasure Hill Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047019
MRDS ID M242259
Record type Site
Current site name Treasure Hill Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.18869, 37.96994 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mud Lake NW(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 001N 043E 05,06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Divide
    Rock description Divide

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.18869, 37.96994
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN MATTER ON DUMP SHOWS SLIGHT MN STAINING AND EXIBITS CRUSTIFORM TEXTURES WITH BANDING PARALLEL TO THE VEIN WALLS. SOME 5 MM, DARK, SILICIFIED HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA VEINLETS ARE ALSO PRESENT IN THE WALLROCKS NEAR SHAFT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Divide District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Erickson, L. H. (Agent)
    First year 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS, ABOUT 3 M DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG. 9 JUL 82.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., JR. AND GARSIDE, L.J., 1979, NBMG BULL 92.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS EXPLORE SPOTTY TO CONTINOUOS CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ FISSURE VEINS WHICH CUT ANDESITE HOST. HOST IS SILICIFIED AND BRECCIATED NEAR VEINS AND BLEACHED OVER CONSIDERABLE AREA.

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

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