The Joshua Claims is a silver and gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Joshua Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Joshua Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 1180 and 1181
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Tokop 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Workings): 3 CAVED AND OPEN SHAFTS
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCK ABUNDANT FE-CU OXIDE STAINED. QUARTZ VEIN GRANULAR, VUGGY, COATED WITH YELLOW OXIDES
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS FOLLOW A N40E, NW DIPPING, 10 FT WIDE SHEAR ZONE WITH QUARTZ VEINS AND STRINGERS WHICH PINCH AND SWELL AT THE SURFACE.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH/BENTZ, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 6 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.
