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Alta Claims

Occurrence in Humboldt 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047501
MRDS ID M242860
Record type Site
Current site name Alta Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.67407, 41.79654 (WGS84)
Elevation 1929
Relative position ABOUT 14 MILES SSW OF DENIO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vicksburg Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Thousand-Virgin(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 030E 06,07 SW OF SW OF SW (06); NW OF NW OF NW (07) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AT HEAD OF ALTA CREEK; UTM TO ONE OF 2 SITES. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Discoverer Ronald C. Begg And William Wright Of John Day, Oregon

Mining district

District name Warm Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ronald C. Begg William Wright , John Day, Or
    First year 1956

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS ARE JUST INSIDE SW BOUNDARY OF PROPOSED BLUE LAKE PRIMITIVE AREA, MAHOGANY MOUNTAIN SECTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, REB E., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BLUE LAKE PROPOSED PRIMITIVE AREA, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG DISTRICT FILE 145, ITEM 2.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL. 59, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIMS ARE LOCATED ON ISOLATED PODS OF QUARTZ IN GRANODIORITE. NO MINERALIZATION OBSERVED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1987 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

Beyond USGS

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

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