Tes and Sas Claims (NBMG Sample Sites 3915; 3916), Sand Springs Mining District, Sand Springs Range, Churchill County, Nevada, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 12' 59'' North , 118° 21' 19'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Fallon Station | 705 (2011) | 38.1km |
Fallon | 8,458 (2017) | 46.2km |
Schurz | 658 (2011) | 49.2km |
Gabbs | 269 (2011) | 53.8km |
Mindat Locality ID:
307724
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:307724:8
GUID (UUID V4):
bbf47093-bb21-469a-95b9-043634980510
Structure: Slickensides Along Vein
Deposit: Sample 3915 was chipped from a 40 to 50 ft thick white bull quartz vein that outcrops for a distance of several hundred yards in area of tes claim. Sample 3916 came from an outcrop on the sas claim, of quartz near a contact with a rhyolite intrusive. This vein is vuggy and strongly iron-stained with numerous slicken sides bearing N 60 W with irregular dip.
Development: Minor prospecting in past for unknown commodities; no activity at time of examination in 1986.
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1 valid mineral.
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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10047692 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Havallah BasinBasin
- Shoofly-Olds Ferry DomainDomain
- West Nevada Permian-Triassic BasinBasin
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