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Geiger Shaft

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  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 10047695
MRDS ID M243119
Record type Site
Current site name Geiger Shaft
Alternate or previous names Treasure Hill Claim #1072, NBMG Sample Site 3889

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.08124, 39.47102 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wonder Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 035E 31 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTWEST OF GEIGER GAP, NO ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3889 CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.05% MG, 0.15% TI, 30 PPM MN, 500 PPM AG, 0.55 PPM AU, (BY A A ANALYSIS), 1000 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 7 PPM CU, 70 PPM MO, 20 PPM PB, 15 PPM V, 100 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.08124, 39.47102
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wonder District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Miller, Mary Sue
    Home office P. O. Box 908, Eloy, Az 85231
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND ADIT

Comments on development

  • WORKED IN EARLY DAYS OF THE CAMP (EARLY 1900'S) BY THE GEIGER BROTHERS, WITH SOME SMALL BUT UNRECORDED PRODUCTION; GROUND LATER HELD BY FRANK LEWIS; STAKED IN 1979 BY ERICKSON'S GROUP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 23 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA.

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS AND FILES.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS EXPLORE A 10-15 FT THICK RIB OF HIGHLY SILICIFIED PARTIALLY BRECCIATED VEIN THAT CROPS OUT AND FORMS A BIG KNOB ON THE NORTH-SLOPING HILL SOUTH OF GEIGER GAP. THE FAULT-VEIN SYSTEM MAY BE PART OF THE STRUCTURE CALLED THE KIOWA VEIN BY SCHRADER (1947). SAMPLE 3889 WAS COLLECTED FROM BOTH DUMP AND VEIN AND CONSISTED OF VUGGY, IRON-STAINED QUARTZ VEINLETS AND BRECCIA CONTAINING FINE-GRAINED GRAY SULFIDES OF SILVER.

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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