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San Francisco Claim

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104098
MRDS ID M241807
Record type Site
Current site name San Francisco Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.63003, 39.75187 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Schellbourne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 065E 21,28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN, BUT EAST OF MAIN QUEEN SPRINGS BELT, NEAR SILVER QUEEN MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.63003, 39.75187
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Aurum (Queen Springs Subdistrict)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE CUT IN 1871

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R.W., 1874, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 278-279

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R.W., 1871, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 202.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-83 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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

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