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Ada and Edith Claims

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103556
MRDS ID M031018
Record type Site
Current site name Ada and Edith Claims
Alternate or previous names J and S Group
Related records 10246452

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.65807, 36.34415 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 35 MILES NW OF LAS VEGAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Charleston Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Las Vegas Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
018S 056E 35 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.65807, 36.34415
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Thrust Faults And Associated Folds

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W
    Dip 45 N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone Permeability

Comments on the geologic information

  • OXIDIZED PB-AG-ZN REPLACEMENT ORE IN DOLOMITIZED LIMESTONES. GALENA VEIN MINED, PINCHES AND SWELLS FROM KNIFE EDGE TO 14 INCHES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Charleston

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND WORKINGS TOTAL 550 FEET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 144 , 178

  • Production

    LONGWELL, ETAL, 1965

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.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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