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Wild Horse Claims

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Diatomite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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 10047605
MRDS ID M243015
Record type Site
Current site name Wild Horse Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 3966, Wild Horse # 1-20 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.92404, 39.35046 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position ACCESSIBLE BY GOOD ROAD SW OF FALLON AND SHECKLER RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salt Cave(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 027E 10,11,14,15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1984)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3966 FROM DIATOMITE BEDS CONTAINED 1.5% FE, 0.15% MG, 0.1% CA, 0.15% TI, 10 PPM MN, 200 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 5 PPM CO, 20 PPM CR, 10 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI, 5 PPM SC, 100 PPM V, 50 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.92404, 39.35046
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Thickness 9.14M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dead Camel Area

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Berry, N.
    Home office Harlingen, Tx
    First year 1986
  • Type Owner
    Owner Berry, R.
    Home office Dallas, Tx
    First year 1986
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ramey, L.
    Home office Portland, Or
    First year 1986
  • Type Owner
    Owner Campbell, S. J., V. B., And C. M.
    Home office Port Orchard, Wa
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD ROADS AND 24-INCH DRILL HOLES THAT LOOK LIKE SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS HAVE BEEN HELD FOR MANY YEARS (SINCE 1952) AND ARE STILL CURRENT ON ASSESSMENT WORK (1986). BEDS HAVE BEEN AUGERED BY A 24-INCH DRILL PROBABLY TO ASSESS THEIR DIATOMITE CONTENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 12 OCT 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940, USBM I.C. 7093 FSLBENNETT, R.E., 1975, UNPUB. REPORT ON MINERALS OF THE FT. CHURCHILL PLANNING UNIT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TERTIARY LAKE BED SEDIMENTS INCLUDE LOCALIZED BEDS OF DIATOMITE. VANDERBURG DESCRIBED IT AS "PURE WHITE, HOMOGENEOUS AND APPARENTLY OF GOOD QUALITY," AT LEAST 30 FT THICK AT ONE PLACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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