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Fortuna and Helen Claims

Prospect in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, 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. 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149695
MRDS ID M241719
MAS/MILS ID 0320170430
Record type Site
Current site name Fortuna and Helen Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1725, Delta B Claims
Related records 10046541

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.08663, 37.93606 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
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

Deer Lodge Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001 N 070 E 24 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Siderite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.08663, 37.93606
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 940126

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Eagle Valley District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, 9/19/83.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JAN-94 Stevenson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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