Bs Claim Group

Prospect in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174901
MAS/MILS ID 0320231195
Record type Site
Current site name Bs Claim Group
Alternate or previous names Baxter Springs Nos. 1-50 1980, Baxter Springs Nos. 1-68 1992, Baxter Springs Project 1968, Baxter Springs 1989, Bx Claim Group 1989

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -117.12872, 38.45353 (WGS84)
Elevation 2170
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

Baxter Spring NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007 N 043 E 23 C NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -117.12872, 38.45353

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Willow Spring

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINERALS ACTIVITY REPORT, 1989-1990, VOL. 4, NO. 12,

  • Deposit

    P. 13, VOL. 4, NO. 5, P. 13, VOL. 4, NO. 3, P. 11,

  • Deposit

    VOL. 3, NO. 5, P. 9.

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACTIVELY DRILLED BY NANECO RESOURCES LTD., CALGARY, AL. AS JOINT VENTURE WITH HOMESTAKE (RND MTN. GOLD CO.) IN 1989 AND 1990. HIGH GRADE GOLD INTERCEPTS FOUND IN FAULTED SECTIONS OF A LIMESTONE ANTICLINE. RESOURCES DELINEATED. THIS PROPERTY LIES MOSTLY ON BLM MANAGED LAND, ON SOUTH END TOQUIMA RANGE. MAJOR COMAPNY INVOLVEMENT INCLUDES: HOMESTAKE (1968, 1982), FELMONT OIL (1980), MINERVA EXP. INC. (1989), NANECO RESOURCES LTD. (1989-91), AND CORONA GOLD (1992).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-MAR-95 Schmauch, Steven W. 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.