Tb Claims

Prospect in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125248
MRDS ID M241588
MAS/MILS ID 0320170516
Record type Site
Current site name Tb Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1442
Related records 10046429

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.60254, 37.89216 (WGS84)
Elevation 2240
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Highland Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001 S 066 E 04 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Iron Oxides-Hydrated Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Manganese Ox-Hydrous Unknown
Plumbojarosite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Siderite Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.60254, 37.89216

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 940127

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Comet District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nerco Exploration Co.
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FITCH, D.C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA: MS THESIS, UNIV. OF

  • Deposit

    NEW MEXICO, SOCORRO, NM., P. 83-84.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. OFR OF84-1, 1984.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-JAN-94 Stevenson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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