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Savage Claim Group

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047078
MRDS ID M242323
Record type Site
Current site name Savage Claim Group
Alternate or previous names Liberty and Savage Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.20174, 37.91216 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mud Lake NW(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 001N;001N 042E;043E 25,30 E2 OF E2 (25); W2 (30) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Of Klondyke
    Rock description Rhyolite Of Klondyke
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Miocene
    Chronological age 10.5
    Dating method K-Ar
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Emigrant
    Rock description Emigrant
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Miocene
    Chronological age 10.5
    Dating method K-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.20174, 37.91216
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Klondyke (Southern Klondyke) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 92, P. 130-132

  • Deposit

    CHIPP, E.R., UNR THESIS 351

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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