The Pilot Claims is a gold, uranium, and mercury mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,219 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,219 Feet (1,286 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Uranium, Mercury
Lat, Long: 37.275, -117.52444
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Pilot Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pilot Claims
Secondary: Tule Royal Claim Gp.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Tokop (Gold Mountain) District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Local Chloritization
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH = 0.2 MR/HR. GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.02% EU3O8
Analytical Data: BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY = 0.15 MR/HR
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): 6 CLAIMS ALONG EAST SIDE OF TULE CANYON NEAR ITS MOUTH. UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF WORKINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): A SMALL AREA (2 SQ FT) OF ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH A 2-FT WIDE QUARTZ VEIN. RADIOACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH LIMONITIC PATCHES IN GRANITIC COUNTRY ROCK ADJACENT TO THE VEIN
Comment (Workings): SMALL PITS, OPEN AND CAVED SHAFTS, ADITS. WORKINGS COVER 42 SQUARE MILE.
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ VEIN IS CRUSHED AND BLEACHED, BRECCIATED, CEMENTED WITH FE STAINED SILICA. MINOR CU STAINING OF VEIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, NBMG BULL 81, P. 52.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH/BENTZ, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 11 MAY 83.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
