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Poison Rock Claims West

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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050845
MRDS ID N000331
Record type Site
Current site name Poison Rock Claims West
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 4267

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.01097, 38.83185 (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 7 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • QUAD SHEET: YERINGTON SE 7 -1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.01097, 38.83185
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN IS DOMINATELY SILICIFIED GOUGE IN CONTACT WITH ARGILLICALLY ALTERED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yerington

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Johnson, Lee
    Home office Box 74, Longandale, Nevada 89021

Comments on the workings information

  • APPROXIMATELY A ONE MILE SQUARE AREA OF EXTENSIVE OLD WORKINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING CUT UP BY DOZERS TO EXPLORE FOR HIDDEN STRUCTURES AND VEINS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PRODUCTION IS 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 THIS PARTICULAR SITE IS A SMALL SHAFT AND ADIT FOLLOWING THE STRIKE .
Deposit SAMPLE 4267 WAS CHIPPED FROM THE EXPOSED VEIN IN THE ADIT

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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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