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Idaho 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047035
MRDS ID M242276
Record type Site
Current site name Idaho Claims
Alternate or previous names Kewanas No. 2, Kewanas No. 3 Claims, Kewanas Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.21535, 37.72217 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
Relative position ABOUT 1.25 MILES NE OF CENTER OF GOLDFIELD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldfield(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 042E 36 CENTER Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS NE SIDE OF GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES CO. GROUND.; NORTH OF JUMBO EXTENSION MINING CO. ABOUT 40 ACRES, 2 CLAIMS AND A FRACTION. UTM IS TO ONE SHAFT ON THE PROPERTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Kaolinization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.25
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.25
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.25
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.25
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.25
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.25
    Dating method K-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.21535, 37.72217
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Gouge Zones

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Caldera Ring Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 500 FT INCLINED SHAFT AT 45 DEGREES WITH LEVELS AT 100, 200, 400 AND 500 FT FROM COLLAR. 250 FT OF DRIFTS ON THE 200-FT LEVEL; 700 FT OF WORKINGS ON THE 400-FT LEVEL

Comments on development

  • NO ORE HAD BEEN SHIPPED AS OF 1908, ALTHOUGH EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS HAD EXPLORED MUCH GROUND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66, P. 239

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1313-1314.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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