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Zombie Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047183
MRDS ID M242441
Record type Site
Current site name Zombie Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1974

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.81787, 37.71938 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mohawk Mine(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 037E 36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • VIA GOOD DIRT ROAD; WEST OF SILVER PEAK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS SHOWED ONLY MINOR MINERALIZATION

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Of Cottonwood Spring
    Rock description Rhyolite Of Cottonwood Spring
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.81787, 37.71938
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N20E
    Dip 60 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact, Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Peak (Red Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Veta Grande
    First year 1984

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADIT AND SMALLER WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE DUE TO CAVING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 5-18-84

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS ARE ALONG A SOUTHERN EXTENSION OF THE MOHAWK VEIN IN A PORPHYRITIC LATITE NEAR THE CONTACT WITH THE OLDER RHYOLITE OF COTTONWOOD SPRING. ALTERATION WITHIN AND ALONG THE CONTACT INCLUDES BRECCIATION AND SILICIFICATION AND STRONG IRON-STAINING.

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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