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Kenyon Claims ?

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Quartz
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095704
MRDS ID M233171
Record type Site
Current site name Kenyon Claims ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.27846, 38.99769 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murphys Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 013N 033E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.27846, 38.99769
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Regent District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tom Kenyon, Ira Kenyon, Fallon, Nev.
    First year 1943

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS HAVE BEEN DUG THROUGH QUARTZ VEIN TO PROSPECT UNDERLYING GARNET EPIDOTE TACTITE FOR SCHEELITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN NO MORE THAN 4 FEET THICK WITH CRYSTALS AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES BY 12 INCHES; SOME SMALLER FRAGMENTS ARE OF OPTICAL QUALITY. VEIN NEARLY PARALLELS THE SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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