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Malefactor Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047175
MRDS ID M242431
Record type Site
Current site name Malefactor Claims
Alternate or previous names Malefactor Claims 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.61862, 38.06052 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bristol Range SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 066E 06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • A MILE SOUTH OF THE HOME RUN MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.61862, 38.06052
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Western Fault; Eastern Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1913
Discoverer Thomas Grover

Mining district

District name Bristol-Jackrabbit District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Thomas Grover

Comments on development

  • NO DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE AS OF 1913

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIMS ARE ALONG A BELT OF IRON-STAINED BRECCIA STRIKING N15W, 20 50 FT WIDE. BRECCIA OCCCURS ABOUT ALONG STRIKE OF THE WESTERN FAULT. THE EASTERN FAULT ZONE IS REPRESENTED BY A BRECCIA ABOUT 0.25 MILE EAST OF THE CLAIMS. SILICEOUS FLOAT THAT CARRIES RESIDUAL GALENA, STAINED WITH YELLOW, EARTHY CERUSSITE AND OCCASIONALLY BY COPPER CARBONATES, INDICATING SOME FAIR-SIZED QUARTZ VEINS PROBABLY OCCUR IN THE YELLOWISH, SHALEY LIMESTONE BETWEEN THE TWO FAULT ZONES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-85 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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