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Rodeo Claims

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095725
MRDS ID M233787
Record type Site
Current site name Rodeo Claims
Alternate or previous names Phill Claims, Gin Claims Nearby

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.98004, 39.6291 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Telegraph Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Long-Ruby Valleys(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 062E 03 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.98004, 39.6291
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 5SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIGHT GREY XTALLINE DOLOMITE WITH SHEAR APPROX. 5FT WIDE & CONTAINS BRX DOLOMITE RANGING FROM BOULDER-PEBBLE SIZE FRAGMENTS. FEOX COAT FRACTURES & GOSSAN IN ZONE ON E SIDE OF SHEAR BEDDING OF DOLOMITE STRIKES = N-S DIPS 25W. GOSSAN FROM N20E SHEAR IS PUNKY & HIGHLY OXIDIZED TO YELLOW-BROWN-RED COLOR, GOSSAN HAS SILICIFIED COATINGS ON FRACTURED SURFACES & VUG FILLINGS OF SILICA. DARK GREY LIMESTONE WITH CALCITE VEINS IN FLOAT. LIMESTONE & DOLOMITE PROB. OF DEV. GUILMELTER, SIMPSON & STRY DOLOMITE. ALSO INTRUSIVE ROCK WAS NOTED IN FLOAT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hunter (Southern Pt)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gin Claims = Noranda

Comments on the workings information

  • RECENT CLAIM STAKING (NORANDA?)

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECTS, SOME CAVED, OTHERS = 25FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Mohsen, Ahmed F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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