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J&R Claim Block

Prospect in Nye 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097288
MRDS ID M233491
Record type Site
Current site name J&R Claim Block

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.25087, 38.788 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 44 MILES FROM ELY, 16 MILES FROM CURRANT, 2000 M To Near Center Of Claim Block

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Currant Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Duckwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 060E 20,21,28,29,32,33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • VIA HWY 6 AND A 4-MILE UNIMPROVED DIRT ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description High-Angle Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1980

Mining district

District name Currant District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Exploration Resources-James Bright-Locator

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 DRILL HOLES, DRILL ROAD

Comments on development

  • 43 CONTIGUOUS UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B. AND BENTZ, J., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION, 10 JULY 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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