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Horse Thief Spring Prospects

Prospect in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite, Manganese
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097293
MRDS ID M241722
Record type Site
Current site name Horse Thief Spring Prospects
Alternate or previous names Horse Claims, Thief Claims Baso Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.24833, 38.01718 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF HORSETHIEF SPRING,

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle Valley Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 069E 21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2.5 MILES ESE OF EAGLE VALLEY RESERVOIR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Barite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result LOW GRADE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.24833, 38.01718
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, LENSES
    Strike N40W
    Dip 45SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eagle Valley (Stateline) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bluesky Oil And Gas And Canyon Resources Corp. Joint Venture

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OLD SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • BLUESKY-CANYON JOINT VENTURE REPORTED TO HAVE ACQUIRED THIS PROPERTY IN 1981, AND DEEMED IT WARRANTED IMMEDIATE TEST-DRILLING, OLD WORKINGS ON PROPERTY EXPLORED VEIN BARITE, PODS MNOX RECENT DRILL ROADS; DRILLING AND SAMPLING MAINLY TO NW OF OLD PROSPECTS. BASO CLAIMS DATED 1973-NOTICE AT BARITE PIT. HORSE AND THIEF CLAIMS ARE RECENT (1982-1983?)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 9-24-81

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., FIELD EXAM, 1987

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOW-GRADE BULK TONNAGE POTENTIAL DEPOSIT. 860 ACRES OF GORD-BEARING JASPER BEDS. AREA OF RED-STAINED JASPEROID; SOME CALCITE AND BARITE VEINING ALONG SHEAR ZONE IN LIMESTONE. OLD SHAFT AT SAMPLE SITE 1564 EXPLORES AREA OF JASPEROID, SILICA VEINING WITH HEAVY MNO-HEMATITE STAINING. NO STRUCTURE VISIBLE AT CAVED SHAFT COLLAR BUT OXIDES APPEAR TO HAVE ORIGINATED IN REPLACEMENT POD IN LIMESTONE. PITS UPSLOPE TO THE NW EXPLORE PODS AND LENSES OF WHITE CRYSTALLINE BARITE-CALCITE ALONG N40W, 45SW SHEAR ZONE CUTTING GREY LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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