The Quartz Claims is a silica mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Quartz Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Quartz Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1072
Commodity
Primary: Silica
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Black Horse
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
Owner Name: Merle Swanson
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKING CONSIST OF A COUPLE OF DOZER CUTS IN GRAND DIORITE, WHICH IS CUT BY MASSIVE QUARTZ VEINS.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ OCCURS IN MASSIVE BULL QUARTZ VIENS AND AS INTERSEPTS IN FELDSPAR RICH PEGMITITE DIKE.
Comment (Geology): SERICITE BANDS OCCUR AT CONTACT BETWEEN PEGMATITE AND GRANODIORITE. PEGMATITE DIKE IS ABOUT 20 FT WIDE, CUT WITH GREEN MICA, CONTAINS BIOTITE CHRYSTALS UP TO 1 INCH; FE OXIDE ALONG FRACTURES, DENDRITIC PYROLUSITE AND CHORITIZED IN AREAS. DIKE TRENDS N20W. FELDSPAR APPEARS TO BE PLAGIOCLASE WITH ORTHOCLASE(?).
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMENATION (AUG. 5, 1982)
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.
