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Green No. 5 Claim

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10047303
MRDS ID M242584
Record type Site
Current site name Green No. 5 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.39763, 40.90489 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position ABOUT 1.1 AIRMILE S 10 W FROM GOLCONDA SUMMIT ON INTERSTATE 80.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golconda(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 041E 18 NE OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Pumpernickel;Havallah
    Rock description Pumpernickel;Havallah
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.39763, 40.90489
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip NEAR HORIZONTAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Low Angle Thrust Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Golconda District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ray Mead, Ocean Shores, Wa
    First year 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT, SEVERAL BULLDOZER CUTS, ONE DRILL HOLE

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 20 JUNE 1984.

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1974, MAP GQ-1174

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDE COPPER MINERALS, LIMONITE GOSSAN AND QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL OCCUR ALONG A LOW-ANGLE FAULT (NEARLY HORIZONTAL). PROPERTY IS MUCH LIKETHOSE DESCRIBED IN SECS. 17 AND 19.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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