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Telluride Claims

Past Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050799
MRDS ID N000139
Record type Site
Current site name Telluride Claims
Alternate or previous names Nbmg# 4275

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.26209, 38.71491 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Desert Creek Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
10N 24E 23 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Vein Material On The Dump Ranged From Quartz To Replacement Ore With Copper, Lead, And Zinc.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.26209, 38.71491
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FISSURE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wilson

Comments on the workings information

  • A CROSS-CUT ADIT BEARS S10W. ACCESS TO THESE WORKINGS IS BEST ACHIEVED FROM THE SOUTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, WILSON MINING DISTRICT, LYON COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 6/30/89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A CROSS-CUT ADIT BEARS S 10 DEGREES W IN META-SEDIMENTS NEAR A CONTACT WITH GRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1991 Doebrich, Jeff L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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