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Gold No. 1 Claim

Prospect in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury
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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 10047188
MRDS ID M242447
Record type Site
Current site name Gold No. 1 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.83426, 37.75716 (WGS84)

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 037E 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ROAD POOR THE LAST HALF-MILE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.83426, 37.75716
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District; (Red Mountain Subdistrict)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS ALONG A NE STRUCTURE WERE BEING PROSPECTED. THE VEINS AND VEINLETS WERE SMALL, SILICIFIED AND BRECCIATED WITH MINOR 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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