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B.D. Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047095
MRDS ID M242344
Record type Site
Current site name B.D. Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.73815, 37.78577 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Peak(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 11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SEVEN MILES WEST OF SILVER PEAK AND ONE MILE NORTH ALONG MINERAL RIDGE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wymann
    Rock description Wymann
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.73815, 37.78577
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faults And Folding.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIN-BEDDED SILTSTONE & LIMESTONE OF WYMANN FM INTRUDED BY GREAT MASSES OF QUARTZ, AS PODS & VEINS, X-CUTTING AND INTRUDING ALONG BEDDING PLANES. LARGE MASSES OF QUARTZ ARE CROPPING OUT ALONG THE SIDES OF THE HILLS AND THE RIDGES. WYMANN FM IS SLIGHTLY METAMORPHOSED WITH MICA SHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Ridge Silver Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • THREE DEEP SHAFTS IN POOR REPAIR, BAD ROADS AND UNUSABLE SURFACE STRUCTURES. SEVERAL ADITS THAT ARE CAVED NEAR THEIR ENTRANCES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, J. (1982) FIELD EXAMINATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ PODS AND VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Mohsen, Ahmed F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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