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Austin Peak Claim

Occurrence in Lander 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149226
MAS/MILS ID 0320150748
Record type Site
Current site name Austin Peak Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.01373, 39.43212 (WGS84)
Elevation 2633
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austin(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018 N 044 E 10 NWSWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.01373, 39.43212
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Reese River District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

  • Deposit

    PART OF THE TOIYABE RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

  • Deposit

    TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILVER ASSAYED 0.275 AND 2.020 PPM. ONE SAMPLE ABOVE WORKINGS ASSAYED 1.587 PPM AS. MOLYBDENUM ASSAY 29.10 AT THE MAIN ADIT. THERE ARE 5 PITS AND 1 CAVED ADIT. THE CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1985 BY MELVIN J. TURNER, JOHN COOLEY AND LARRY DAVID. URANIUM NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT HERE. MAY BE SIMILAR TO BC CAR CLAIMS WEST OF HERE. ANOMALOUS ARSENIC, MOLYBDENUM, SELENIUM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-APR-95 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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