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B.C.H. Minerals Co. Property

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Platinum
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047021
MRDS ID M242261
Record type Site
Current site name B.C.H. Minerals Co. Property
Alternate or previous names Moonlight and Sunlight Patented Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.28286, 38.02577 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 4-5 MI SOUTHWEST OF TONOPAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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 002N 042E 15,16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPEARS TO BE ON MOONLIGHT-SUNLIGHT PATENTED CLAIMS INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNABLE TO FIND SOURCE OF PGE DATA (1991); SOURCE MAY BE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE OR UNPUB. NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES DOCUMENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.28286, 38.02577
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Intrusive Rhyolite Plug

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone, Contact Of Rhyolite Plug

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Divide (Gold Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner B. C. H. Minerals Co., Inc. , President William J. Clifford.
    First year 1972

Comments on development

  • 1972 NEWS ARTICLE STATED THAT THE 250 TPD MILL WAS NEARING COMPLETION-GOLD PROCESSING PLANT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EUREKA SENTINEL, FEB 16, 1972, NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, FIELD EXAMINATION, 1972

  • Deposit

    KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1921, THE DIVIDE SILVER DISTRICT, NEVADA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1920: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 715-K, P. 162.

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 78, P. 65-66.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN LOCATED IN SHEAR ZONE
Deposit THE BCH OPERATION WAS STRICTLY A PROMOTION BASED ON A PROCESS WHICH WOULD SUPPOSEDLY EXTRACT PT FROM THE ALTERED RHYOLITE PLUG. THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN EXPLORED FOR AU-AG IN THE PAST, BUT ITS HISTORY IS UNKNOWN ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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