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Big Horn Extension Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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 10047082
MRDS ID M242330
Record type Site
Current site name Big Horn Extension Claims
Alternate or previous names Big Horn Extension Claims No. 1-10

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.75537, 37.72161 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position ABOUT 7 AIRMILES S70W FROM TOWN OF SILVER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mohawk Mine(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 002S 038E 34,33 W2 (34); E2 (33) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NE OF AND ADJACENT TO NIVLDC MINE; EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN- APPROXIMATED ON TOPO SHEET UTM IS TO APPROXIMATELY CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK WHICH EXTENDS OUTWARD UP TO 400 M ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.75537, 37.72161
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 762M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District (1865) (Red Mountain District,1864)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gold Wedge Divide Mining Co.,
    Home office Tonopah, Nev.
    First year 1946

Comments on the workings information

  • FEW SCATTERED SURFACE HOLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUGHES, H.H., (1940'S?), UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON BIG HORN EXTENSION GROUP MINING CLAIMS, NIVLOC,- ON FILE AT NBMG FILE 101, ITEM 16

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE NIVLOC VEIN PASSES ONTO THIS PROPERTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 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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