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Zebra Silver Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047030
MRDS ID M242271
Record type Site
Current site name Zebra Silver Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1379

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.42898, 37.96522 (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 01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Chalcopyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.42898, 37.96522
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N50W
    Dip 90
    Length 60.96M
    Width 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LATE STAGE SILICA COATS THE VEIN WITH CHALCEDONY, ABUNDANT FE-MN STAINING, VEIN MATERIAL CRUSHED AND FRACTURED.

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

Comments on the workings information

  • SINGLE VERTICAL SHAFT, GLORY HOLE, SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 13 MAY 83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN IS HYDROTHERMAL, WITH EUHEDRAL/SUBHEDRAL QUARTZ CRYSTALS RADIATING FROM NUCLEATION POINTS.

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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