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S.E.D. Claims

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047412
MRDS ID M242711
Record type Site
Current site name S.E.D. Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Sites 2401, 2403

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.38157, 40.41294 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Emidio Desert North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smoke Creek Desert(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N;030N 023E;023E 03 ;27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST EDGE OF SAN EMIDIO DESERT . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2401 CONTAINS 2% FE, 0.15% MG, 0.3% CA, 0.15% TI, 70 PPM MN, 7 PPM AG, 50 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 150 PPM CU, 5 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 700 PPM SR, 30 PPM V, 15 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 2403 CONTAINS 5% FE, 0.02% MG, 10 PPM MN, 20 PPM AG, 30 PPM B, 3 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 15 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI, 20 PPM V, 30 PPM Y.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.38157, 40.41294
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Emidio Desert Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner T. B. M. Associates
    First year 1984

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHORT ADITS, TIN CABIN, 2 SETS OF CLAIM POSTS. ONE ADIT SLIGHTLY EAST OF CABIN TRENDS N 70 E, ABOUT 100 FT LONG, (SAMPLE 2403 TAKEN HERE); SAMPLE 2401 TAKEN IN NORTH-CENTER OF CLAIM GROUP. ADIT WEST OF CABIN TRENDS S 45 E, MAY BE 200 FT LONG.

Comments on development

  • GROUP OF CLAIMS STAKED OCT. 1979 BY BRUCE M. PRIOR, SOUTHWESTERN EXPLORATION ASSOC., 4500 E. SPEEDWAY, SUITE 14, TUCSON, AZ 85712. NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON CLAIM GROUP; SOME WERE STAKED MARCH 1984. NO ACTIVITY, 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., 4 JUL 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., JR. AND PAPKE, K.G., 1969, NBMG BULL 70, P. 94-96.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIATED QUARTZ VEIN IN METASEDIMENTS; TERTIARY VOLCANICS MAKE UP CONTACT ON NORTH SIDE OF VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 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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