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Property Claims

Prospect 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  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 10047106
MRDS ID M242356
Record type Site
Current site name Property Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1080

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.03483, 38.13771 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candelaria(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 003N 035E 01;12 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Candelaria
    Rock description Candelaria
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.03483, 38.13771
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fractures Are Controlled By Unmapped Fault Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE EXPOSED ROCKS ARE HEAVILY LIMONITIC STAINED MUDSTONE/SILTSTONE, SLIGHTLY CALCAREOUS, GOSSANY IN AREAS, VUGGY, WHICH ARE FILLED WITH MILKY SILICA, AND EXTENSIVELY FRACTURED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Was Probably Discovered About 1930, And There Has Been Recent Exploration (1982)

Mining district

District name Rock Hill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY BULL DOZING AND TRENCHING OVER APPROX. 0.25 SQUARE MILE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION (AUG. 6, 1982)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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