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Giant Claim

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103961
MRDS ID M231798
Record type Site
Current site name Giant Claim
Alternate or previous names Horn Silver Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.24565, 39.02464 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position NORTH FORK OF PARK CANYON; 1.1 MILES WEST OF THE OLD MILL SITE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Millett Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 042E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE SHIPPED IN 1937 AVERAGED 0.15 OZ GOLD, 40 OZ SILVER, 4% LEAD PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Gold Hill
    Rock description Gold Hill

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Strike N35E
    Dip 45SE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Width 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIKES AND SILLS OF GRANOPHYRE, FELSITE, AND DIABASE CUT COUNTRY ROCKS IN VICINITY OF WORKINGS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Twin River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lyster Farrington Of Big Smoky Valley Nevada Silver Producers 1960'S.

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF AG-PB-ZN ORE MINED IN 1960'SE M220 VERTICAL SHAFT, CONNECTING ADITS AT 2 LOWER ELEVATIONS. NEW WORK AT UPPER PORTAL; TOOLS AND MACHINERY ON PROPERTY,1981.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A LARGE SURFACE UNDERHAND-STOPE AND A NEARBY ADIT.

Comments on development

  • LAST MINING WAS DONE IN 1960'S BY NEVADA SILVER PRODUCERS (OTTO BRINK AND JAMES H. WREN)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 188.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., FIELD EXAMINATION, AUG. 1981.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 188.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS AS REPLACEMENT LENSES AND PODS ALONG SHEAR ZONE IN GREY CRYSTALLINE MARBLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 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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