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Cyrus Noble

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037136
MRDS ID M031004
Record type Site
Current site name Cyrus Noble
Related records 10149229

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.93138, 35.45473 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position LESS THAN 1 MILE SOUTH OF SEARCHLIGHT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Searchlight(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piute Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
028S 063E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1500 FT. WEST OF DUPLEX MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.93138, 35.45473
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Regional Fracturing Of Rocks Around Intrusion Of Quartz Monzonite Porphyry

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Searchlight

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • VERY SMALL PRODUCTION RECORDED IN 1904 - 1908 , 1914 , 1917 - 1923 , AND 1928 ; ORE FROM OTHER MINES PROBABLY INCLUDED WITH THE CYRUS NOBLE. RECORDS SHOW 1 OZ AU TO 9 OZ AG IN FIRST YEARS OF PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 59.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1939 , GEOLOGY OF THE SEARCHLIGHT DISTRICT, CLARK CO. USGS BULL. 906 - D P. 172 - 173 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUR MINES BULL. 62 .

  • Production

    CALLAGHAN, 1939

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNUSUALLY HIGH PROPORTION OF AG FOR THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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