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Cherokee and Seneca

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222386
MAS/MILS ID 0320231197
Record type Site
Current site name Cherokee and Seneca

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -117.08032, 38.49993 (WGS84)
Elevation 2393
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(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 044 E 06 NWSENE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -117.08032, 38.49993
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Willow Spring

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Cl And Oleta Bracken And Vl Smith, Tonopah, Nv
    Interest 100
    Year 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 SENECA WAS THE FIRST PATENTED PROPERTY IN THE SOUTHERN TOQUIMA RANGE - JUNE 1888. THE CHEROKEE WAS PATENTED IN 1890. THERE ARE NO WORKINGS AND NO VISIBLE SINGS OF MINERALIZATION FROM A USBM TRAVERSE IN 1992. BLM ORGINAL SURVEY NOTES NOT FOUND. NO SAMPLES COLLECTED.

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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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