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Malapais Claims

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050817
MRDS ID N000191
Record type Site
Current site name Malapais Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site # 3674

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.57929, 38.65492 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ryan Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 9N 30E 12 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.57929, 38.65492
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 55NW (FOLLOWS THE DIP SLOPE)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fitting

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE, TRENCHING AND PROSPECTS. TRENCHING FOLLOWS THE STRIKE OF THE VEIN TO THE NW.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MALAPAIS CLAIMS, FITTING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO.; QUADE, JACK NBMG SAMPLE SITE # 3674 VISIT 5/16/89; NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 FT VEIN HOSTED IN GRANITE CONSISTS OF GOUGE AND ABOUT 12 INCHES OF QUARTZ.
Deposit VERY POOR ROAD NORTH OF THE RAIL CROSSING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1989 Quade, Jack Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) 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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