South Fork

Prospect in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Uranium
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 10295321
MAS/MILS ID 0320070420
Record type Site
Current site name South Fork
Alternate or previous names South Fork Claims Nos.1-2, South Fork Claims #1-2, Pixley No.1 Claims, East and South Fork

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -115.85233, 41.8338 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Merritt Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046 N 054 E 36 NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -115.85233, 41.8338

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name South Fork

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Royaledge Resources
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1996

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES BULL, #81, 1973, P42, FIG. 8.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1976, USGS OFR 76-56, P.121,122

  • Deposit

    PROFFITT & OTHERS, 1982, NURE; WELLS QUAD, PGJ/F070 (82)

  • Deposit

    APPENDIX C- URANIUM OCCURRENCE REPORT NO.3, APPENDIX A-

  • Deposit

    LOCATION

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #??, SEPT 4, 1996, P15.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #40, OCT 2, 1996, P1.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #1, JAN., 1, 1997, P1.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #3, JAN 15, 1997, P1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY MADE UP OF 440 ACRES IN 27 TITLED CLAIMS. 19 ON THE ORIGINAL SOUTH FORK CLAIMS PLUS 8 ADDITIONAL ADJACENT CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-MAY-97 Buckingham, 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

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