Sulphide Claim

Prospect in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271140
MAS/MILS ID 0320090432
Record type Site
Current site name Sulphide Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.43531, 37.20885 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West of Gold Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009 S 042 E 05 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.43531, 37.20885

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES (WFOC).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY WAS EXAMINED BY BUMINES PERSONNEL IN 1984 AS PART OF THE QUEER MTN. WSA PROJECT. THE WSA WAS DROPPED FROM CONSIDERATION BY THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND NONE OF THE DATA WAS PUBLISHED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-MAR-94 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.