Joshua Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047135
MRDS ID M242386
Record type Site
Current site name Joshua Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Sites 1180 and 1181
Related records 10197893

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.25897, 37.30384 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(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 007S 042E 29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Iron Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Sylvania Pluton
    Rock description Sylvania Pluton

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.25897, 37.30384

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N40E
    Dip NW
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK ABUNDANT FE-CU OXIDE STAINED. QUARTZ VEIN GRANULAR, VUGGY, COATED WITH YELLOW OXIDES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tokop District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CAVED AND OPEN SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 6 MAY 83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS FOLLOW A N40E, NW DIPPING, 10 FT WIDE SHEAR ZONE WITH QUARTZ VEINS AND STRINGERS WHICH PINCH AND SWELL AT THE SURFACE.

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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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