Clara B. #2 Claim

The Clara B. #2 Claim is a silver and uranium mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,621 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Clara B. #2 Claim
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site #2.

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lone 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1935
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Feldspathification, Sericitization

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE #2 ASSAYED 10.9 PPM CU, 8.6 PPM ZN, 8 PPM PB, 5.1 PPM MO, 2.3 PPM W, 7 PPB AU, 0.31 PPM AG, 0.6 PPM U.

Materials

Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SMALL CIRCULAR OUTCROP OF IRON-STAINED SILICIFIED, FELDSPATHIZED INTRUSIVE FOUND IN DRAINAGE AND SMALL HILL AT FOOT OF SLOPE. OUTCROP OF DIORITE TO NORTH AND EAST, APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN INTRUDED INTO LONE MOUNTAIN GRANITE. SAMPLES TAKEN FROM AREA ARE SLIGHTLY RADIOACTIVE. LIMONITE OCCURS AS FRACTURE COATINGS AND AS POINTS DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE ROCK.

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): OLD CLAIMS SHOW NAME CLARAB---(NOT READABLE), PROBABLY DATING FROM 1930'S. NO WORK VISIBLE

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1930'S?

References

Reference (Deposit): ALBERS,J.P. AND STEWART,J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG OFR. 83-8, 83-11, 1983

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY,J.V., 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION

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.