Silver Fleece Claims

Prospect in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Copper, Gold, Lead, 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149825
MAS/MILS ID 0320230070
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Fleece Claims
Alternate or previous names O'Toole Antimony Prospect, King Claims, Old Penny, Warner Mine, Werner Mine, Sacramento, Mcintyre Mine, Henry George Mine, Incline and Highball Claims, Hnew Hope Vein, Silver Mine, Tiger Mine, Bi-Metallic No. 3, Jim Dandy Prospect, Rico, St. Elena Mine, Grand View Mine Group, St. Lewis and Richmand Mines, Gold Sil, Morning Star, Camp Bird Group, Dobby Claim, Washington Property, Ace, Empire Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -117.25453, 39.15132 (WGS84)
Elevation 2365
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reese River Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015 N 042 E 21 SWSENE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -117.25453, 39.15132

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Washington

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN V. 45, 1951,

  • Deposit

    P. 207-211.

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, S.F., 1870A, GEOLOGY OF THE TOIYABE RANGE: U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIC EXPLORATION OF THE 40TH PARALLEL, VOL. 3,

  • Deposit

    P. 320-348.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, 1984,

  • Deposit

    P. 223-227.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 594, 1915, P. 123-125,

  • Deposit

    PLATE XIII.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7043, 1939, P. 81-82.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-AUG-1995 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.