Hartley Claim

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098649
MRDS ID M233949
Record type Site
Current site name Hartley Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.83227, 40.55353 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 3/4 MILE E. SPRUCEMONT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spruce Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
031N 063G 23 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR MONARCH MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1913
Year of first production 1913

Mining district

District name Spruce Mountain

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION ALSO INCLUDED SOME GOLD.

Comments on development

  • OLD WORKINGS WERE CAVED AND ABANDONED IN 1913. A LARGE MINE DUMP INDICATES EXTENSIVE WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN/FAULT ZONE
Deposit THE HARTLEY CLAIM IS IN THE FOOTHILLS 1 3/4 MILE E. OF OLD SPRUCEMONT. THE OLD WORKINGS IN LIMESTONE WERE CAVED AND ABANDONED IN 1913. A LARGE MINE DUMP WOULD INDICATE EXTENSIVE WORKINGS. A SMALL PRODUCTION IS INDICATED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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