Coyote #6 Claim

Occurrence in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10050843
MRDS ID N000329
Record type Site
Current site name Coyote #6 Claim
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 4269

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.0068, 38.8163 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yerington SE(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
11N 27E 18 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Gouge

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.0068, 38.8163

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 DEGREES W STRIKING VEIN
    Dip 65 DEGREES SW
    Width 0.64M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN CONSIST OF QUARTZ AND PARTIALLY SILICIFIED GOUGE

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

  • A SHAFT AND SEVERAL ADITS, SEVERAL PROSPECTS TWO OTHER ADITS FOLLOW SMALLER, ROUGHLY SUB-PARALLEL SHEAR VEINS. THE MAIN SHAFT WAS SUNK ON THE DIP SLOPE OF THE VEIN AND LOWER ADITS CAN BE SEEN CROSS-CUTTING THE SHAFT DOWN TO THE THIRD LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • HISTORY UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS,YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY,QUADE VISIT SITE 6-29-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AN ADIT AND SHAFT EXPOSED THE STRIKE ZONE
Deposit PART OF THE VEIN HAVE BEEN STOPED TO THE SURFACE ALONG THE STRIKE TO THE NORTH.

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.