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Ape Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095750
MRDS ID M242467
Record type Site
Current site name Ape Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.5437, 37.94994 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weepah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 039E 0112PROJECTED FROM SOUTH Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Weepah Pluton
    Rock description Weepah Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.5437, 37.94994
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain District; Weepah District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pacific Gold And Uranium Co.

Comments on development

  • BLOCK OF CLAIMS STAKED ON A PORTION OF THE WEEPAN PLUTON AND PEDIMMENT AREA TO THE NORTH, REPORTEDLY TO COVER AREA OF AIRBORNE RADIOMETRIC ANOMALY (U)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1979 FIELD EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER, 1979.

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 83-8, 83-11, 83-12, 1983

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.H. AND STEWART, J.P., 1972, NBMG BULL 78.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION SAID TO OCCUR IN FE-OXIDE-STAINED SHEAR ZONE IN GRANITE. GRANITE IN THE CLAIM AREA, PORTION OF A MASS SEPARATE FROM MAIN WEEPAH PLUTTON WITH MORE ROUNDED OUTCROP PATTERN, POSSIBLY INTRUSIVE INTO WEEPAH PLUTON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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