| Deposit ID | 10047208 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242471 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Clara B. #2 Claim |
| Alternate or previous names | NBMG Sample Site #2. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.47231, 37.98327 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2018 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Esmeralda(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Paymaster Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Southern Big Smoky 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Esmeralda |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 002N | 040E | 34PROJECTED FROM THE EAST | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Uranium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLE #2 ASSAYED 10.9 PPM CU, 8.6 PPM ZN, 8 PPM PB, 5.1 PPM MO, 2.3 PPM W, 7 PPB AU, 0.31 PPM AG, 0.6 PPM U. |
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| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Rock unit name | Lone Mountain Pluton |
| Rock description | Lone Mountain Pluton |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks |
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| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1935 |
| District name | Lone Mountain District |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242471 |
TINGLEY,J.V., 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION
ALBERS,J.P. AND STEWART,J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78.
NBMG OFR. 83-8, 83-11, 1983
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1930'S? |
| Deposit | SMALL CIRCULAR OUTCROP OF IRON-STAINED SILICIFIED, FELDSPATHIZED INTRUSIVE FOUND IN DRAINAGE AND SMALL HILL AT FOOT OF SLOPE. OUTCROP OF DIORITE TO NORTH AND EAST, APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN INTRUDED INTO LONE MOUNTAIN GRANITE. SAMPLES TAKEN FROM AREA ARE SLIGHTLY RADIOACTIVE. LIMONITE OCCURS AS FRACTURE COATINGS AND AS POINTS DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE ROCK. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1985 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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