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Utopia Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10047028
MRDS ID M242269
Record type Site
Current site name Utopia Claims
Alternate or previous names Barite Claims, Paymaster Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.48148, 37.89522 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paymaster Canyon(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 040E 36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED WITHIN MERRITT BARITE CLAIMS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic (Minor)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Harkless (Basal Member)
    Rock description Harkless (Basal Member)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.48148, 37.89522
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK MODERATELY BRECCIATED, REMNANT BEDDING OF MEDASEDIMENTS APPROX. N45W, STEEPLY DIPPING NE. SHALE INTERBED W/LENSES OF FE STAINED MUD/SILTSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain (Weepah, West Divide) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Birdhtit, J. H.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, ADITS, SURFACE CUTS, APPEAR TO BE EXPLORATIONAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, MAY 15, 1983

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E., 1906, USGS P. 55.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF PARALLEL SHEAR ZONES, WHICH ARE PARALLEL TO QUARTZ VEINS CARRYING PYRITE AND ABUNDANT FE-MN STAINING.

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.

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