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Carl Riek Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Gemstone
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047107
MRDS ID M242357
Record type Site
Current site name Carl Riek Mine
Alternate or previous names Hilltop Claims, NBMG Sample Sites 1091, 1092

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.03205, 38.15215 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2.5 MILES EAST OF MAIN CANDELARIA DISTRICT

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;004N 035E;035E 01;36 NE (01); S2 OF S2 (36) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS TO ONE OF MANY WORKINGS IN THE AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.03205, 38.15215
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip HORIZONTAL TO SHALLOW SOUTHEAST

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINOR COPPER COATING EXPOSED ON FRACTURED SURFACES IN THE WORKING AT CREST OF HILL. MOST OF THE SHAFTS ARE SHALLOW AND APPEAR TO BE FOR EXPORATION ONLY, WITH LITTLE OR NO PRODUCTION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1962

Mining district

District name Rock Hill District (Area)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION (SEPT. 1, 1982)

  • Deposit

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, NBM REPORT 17, P. 5.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1978, MILS DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS FOLLOW SHALLOW DIPPING QUARTZ VEIN CUTTING TRIASSIE CANDELARIA FORMATION. VEIN MATERIAL IS COMPOSED OF WHITE, CRYSTALINE TO MASSIVE, VUGGY QUARTZ.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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