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Patience Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Barium-Barite, Mercury, Manganese, Arsenic, Strontium
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047182
MRDS ID M242440
Record type Site
Current site name Patience Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.80593, 37.75911 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rhyolite Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(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 002S 038E 19 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE ON FAIR TO GOOD DIRT ROADS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Strontium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Copper Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE FROM SHAFT DUMP AND DOZER CUT SHOWED ANDMALOUS AU (4.2 PPM), AG (700 PPM), HG, MN, AS, BA, CU, SR, WITH MINOR PB, ZN, B, AND BE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.80593, 37.75911
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N 40 E Structure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District; (Red Mountain Subdistrict)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sunshine Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD SHAFT, DOZER CUTS AND RECENT DRILLING SITES

Comments on development

  • NEW STAKING (1984)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 5-20-84

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN MATERIAL CONSISTS OF AN FE-MN-STAINED, VUGGY, GOSSAN-LIKE, SILICA-RICH MATRIX WITH BRECCIATION NEAR THE MARGINS AND INTO THE WALLROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (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.

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