Ballyorn Claims

Prospect in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Arsenic, Barium-Barite, Copper, Iron, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270695
MRDS ID M241659
MAS/MILS ID 0320170387
Record type Site
Current site name Ballyorn Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1740
Related records 10046492

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -114.76054, 37.59277 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
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

Pahroc Spring SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 004 S 064 E 13 C S2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -114.76054, 37.59277

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 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 940125

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Delamar (Ferguson) District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sandra Lausen, Agent For Gold Quest, Inc.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JAN-1994 Stevenson 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.