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Valemar Claim

Occurrence in Lyon 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10050839
MRDS ID N000325
Record type Site
Current site name Valemar Claim
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 3790

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.01792, 38.9738 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yerington NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker(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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
13N 26E 24 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Gossan-Like Altered Meta-Sediment

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.01792, 38.9738
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THERE IS NO SKARN ZONE BUT THE GOSSAN OCCURS IN THE IRON-STAINED SEDIMENTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yerington

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS,TRENCHES AND PROSPECTS

Comments on development

  • HISTORY UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS,YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY,QUADE VISIT SITE 6-13-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A LINE OF N 40 DEGREES E STRIKING WORKINGS FOLLOWS A CONTACT BETWEEN A GOSSAN-LIKE ALTERED META-SEDIMENT.
Deposit SAMPLE 3790 WAS TAKEN ALONG THE STRIKE OF THE GOSSAN ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1989 Doebrich, Jeff L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Marcus,S. ( Doebrich,J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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