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Shoshone Cons. Lode Mining Claim

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098674
MRDS ID M242227
Record type Site
Current site name Shoshone Cons. Lode Mining Claim
Alternate or previous names Monte Carlo, Big Casino

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.85888, 35.46584 (WGS84)
Elevation 1012

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fourth of July Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 28S 64E 32 SW4 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); 1:62500 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1959 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATES CONTAINED 4.2 OZ AU, 12.1 OZ. AG/TON, 17.9% PB, 5.5% CU, & 9.4% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.85888, 35.46584
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike W N65W
    Dip 60S 40SW
    Thickness 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Searchlight

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cieme Birce, Living On Claim
    First year 1982

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 190.5M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING ARE INACCESSIBLE (1939). MAIN SHAFT INCLINED 60 DEGREES S 40 DEGREES

Comments on development

  • PRODUCTION RECORDED FOR 1913, 1915-16, 1918-21, 1931-38. TAILING ARE CURRENTLY MILLING AT .47 OZ AU AND 3 OZ AG/TON. (1982)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1939, GEOLOGY OF THE SEARCHLIGHT DIST, CLARK CO., NEV., USGS BULL 936-D. P.185

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C.R., 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 62, P. 200.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION (DEC. 3, 1982)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL SMALL VEINS. UNWEATHERED STOCK PILE MATERIAL CONTAINS PARTLY SILICIFIED COUNTRY ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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