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Blue Daisy Claim

Prospect in Esmeralda 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097294
MRDS ID M241822
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Daisy Claim
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1086, 1087

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.9765, 38.1616 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 04N 36E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Palmetto
    Rock description Palmetto
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 45W
    Width 0.08M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK CUT BY HEAVILLY FE-MN STAINED WHITE QUARTZ VEINS, WHICH ARE HIGHLY FRACTURED, VUGGY, EUHEDRAL, CUTTING PHYLLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rock Hill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • MUCH OF THE HILL HAS BEEN BULLDOZED AND TRENCHED. ; ADIT

Comments on development

  • DRILLING AND TRENCHING ACTIVITIES WITHIN LAST 5 YEARS, PROBABLY RELATED TO ACTIVITY AT (BROKEN TOE).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION (AUG 31, 1982)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) 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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