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Pius Kaelin Group

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103971
MRDS ID M231951
Record type Site
Current site name Pius Kaelin Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.88201, 37.54023 (WGS84)
Elevation 1603
Relative position AT THE TOWNSITE OF GOLD CRATER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pack Rat Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cactus Flat(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 045E 01 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) The Country Rock Is Silicified And Kaolinized

Analytical data

Result 1950 - MILLING ORE CONTAINS 10 % PB, 14-24 OZ AG, $8-$12 AU PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.88201, 37.54023
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1904

Mining district

District name Gold Crater District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kaelin, Pius
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS, ONE 20 FT INCLINE, AND A 30 FT SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALL, S.H., 1907, A GEOLOGIC RECON. IN SW NEV. AND E. CALIF.: USGS BULL. 308, P. 139-140.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 69-70.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 69

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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