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Teep Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047152
MRDS ID M242404
Record type Site
Current site name Teep Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Sites 1960, 1961, 1197, 1198
Related records 10295017

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.34147, 37.25467 (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)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 008S 041E 11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Iron Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Epidotization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1960 OF DUMP MATERIAL WAS MODERATELY ANOMALOUS IN PB, ZN, AG (70 PPM), WITH 1.0 PPM AU. SAMPLE 1961 WAS TAK-EN FROM VEIN MATERIAL AT THE NORTH SHAFT AND WAS WEAKLY ANOMAL-OUS IN PB AND AG.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.34147, 37.25467
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N10E-N15E
    Dip 50SE-70SE
    Width 1.07M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joint Set

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK IS CUT BY MAFIC DIKES, AND A STOCKWORK OF QUARTZ VEINS AND VEINLETS.

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 Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 INCLINED SHAFTS, SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS.

Comments on development

  • RECENTLY STAKED (1984)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 7 MAY 83.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 4-19-84.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS VOGGY WITH EUHEDRAL TO SOBHERAL QUARTZ CRYSTALS FILLING VOGS ABOUDANT FE-MN STAINING. MOST QUARTZ IS COATED WITH DRUSY OR CHALCEDONIE SICILA. . VEINS CUT QUARTZ MONZONITE AND ARE SLIGHTLY BRECCIATED, ALONG A JOINT SET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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