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Zeke Deposit

Producer in Eureka 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100754
MRDS ID M242942
Record type Site
Current site name Zeke Deposit
Related records 10310545

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.48425, 40.1588 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position ADJACENT TO BUCKHORN MINE ON ITS SOUTH SIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckhorn Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 049E 05,06,07,08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS TO MIDDLE OF ZEKE CLAIM BLOCK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buckhorn District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Northern Dynasty Explorations (41% Owners)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ONE HOLE INTERCEPTED 130 FT AVERAGING 0.043 OZ AU/TON, AND ANOTHER HOLE INTERCEPTED 290 FT GRADING 0.49 OZ AU/TON

Comments on development

  • IN 1987, +5000 FT DRILL PROGRAM WAS UNERWAY TO DEFINE AND CONFIRM ESTIMATED RESERVES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 1986, NBMG MAP 91.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 1988, IN NBMG MI-1987.

  • Deposit

    NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 108, PRESS CLIPPINGS

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINER, 11-23-87

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT OCCURS ALONG SAME N-TRENDING STRUCTURE AS THE BUCKHORN MINE JUST TO THE NORTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1988 La Pointe, D.D. (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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