Audrey Placer Claim

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silica, Sulfur
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047052
MRDS ID M242294
Record type Site
Current site name Audrey Placer Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.21035, 37.53689 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN, To Shaft Within 700 M Of The Deposit

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ralston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(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 005S;005S 042E;043E 01;05,06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 13 MILES SOUTH OF GOLDFIELD, 0.75 MILE FROM HGWY 95. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary
Sulfur Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CLEAN WHITE SILICA RUNNING ABOUT 99% S1O2. CERAMIC GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.21035, 37.53689

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cuprite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Brookside Quarries, Inc.

Comments on the workings information

  • 375 FT OF DRIFTING, (4 FT X 6 FT AND 5X7) 2 GLORY HOLES, SHAFT, RAISES, BULLDOZER TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • 60 ACRES. OVER 100,000 TONS ORE BLOCKED OUT WITH LIGHT OVERBURDEN OF 24-48 IN OF RUBBLE AND DIRT. PROBABLY OVER 850000 TONS PRESENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRAHAM, W.H., (NO DATE) UNTITLED, UNDATED REPORT ON THE AUDREY PLACER; NBMG FILE 86 ITEM 2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 La Pointe, D.D. (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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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