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Ms3427 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047100
MRDS ID M242350
Record type Site
Current site name Ms3427 Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Smaple Site 1387

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.30508, 37.73022 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montezuma 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 042E 31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Montezuma District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT AND SURFACE CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 16 MAY 83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS HAVE EXPLODED HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (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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