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Ole Mine

Prospect in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037188
MRDS ID M031067
Record type Site
Current site name Ole Mine
Alternate or previous names Big Thing Mine
Related records 10159660

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.21359, 36.25056 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 2 MILES S OF GOLD BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Mead(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
019S 070E 30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.21359, 36.25056
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND PODS
    Strike N35 45 E
    Dip 60 70 NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • LENSES AND PODS OF WHITE QUARTZ IN SHEARED GNEISS & SCHIST. RAISE NEAR PORTAL EXPLORES CONTACT BETWEEN BIOTITE LAMPROPHYRE DIKE AND COUNTRY ROCK. ORE MINERALS FOUND ALONG SHEAR ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Butte

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT TRENDING S40 DEGREES FOR ABOUT 800 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 62 , P. 184 .

  • Deposit

    HILL, J. M., 1916 , NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEV., USGS BULL. 648 , P. 53 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1983 Shonnard, Ann T. (Tingley, Joe V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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