1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Siegel Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Manganese, Lead, Gold
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037249
MRDS ID M031210
Record type Site
Current site name Siegel Mine
Related records 10247432

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.60892, 39.72882 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
21N 65E 02,03 NW (02); NE (03) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF SIEGAL CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1982)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabandite Ore
Galena Ore
Lead Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Siderite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result AG CARRIED AS A CHLORIDE. ORES RANGED FROM 70-270 OZ/T AG
Result 0.5-4.0% PB
Result 1-2.5% ZN
Result TR-0.5 OZ/T AU
Result 23-45% MN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pole Canyon (Eldorado) Limestone;Pioche Shale
    Rock description Pole Canyon (Eldorado) Limestone;Pioche Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.60892, 39.72882
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Numerous Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 60N
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Strong E-W Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN IRREGULAR PIPELIKE BODIES OCCURRING ALONG BEDDING PLANES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Discoverer Simon Davis

Mining district

District name Aurum (Siegel, Queen Springs Subdistrict)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lazarus, Sam
    Home office St Louis, Mo.
    First year 1919

Comments on the production information

  • SILVER ORE FROM 1902-1908 SHOWS A PRODUCTION OF 1,200 TONS THAT AVERAGED 37.4 PER CENT OF MANGANESE. ORE CARRIED 40-60 OZ AG PER TON, AND 3% PB.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 2133.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE UPPER WORKINGS CONSIST OF A CROSSCUT TUNNEL WHICH TRENDS S10E FOR 100 FT TO A FAULT THAT STRIKES S61E AND DIPS 65N ALONG WHICH DRIFTS EXTEND AT LEAST 350 FT EAST AND 100 FT WEST UNDERGROUND WORKINGS NEARLY 7,000 FT IN LENGTH

Comments on development

  • ORE DUMP MATERIAL WAS BEING SHIPPED IN 1913. SIEGEL TOGETHER WITH LUCKY MINE PRODUCED MORE SILVER THAN ANY OTHER AURUM PROPERTIES UNTIL AT LEAST 1916. 10 MEN EMPLOYED IN 1935.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, JAMES M. 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, U.S. GEO BULL. 648

  • Deposit

    RANSOME AND BURCHARD, 1919, CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEO. PART 1 METALS & NONMETALS EXCEPT FUELS USGS BULL 710

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR.,AND SMITH, R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85, P.43.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T. AND JONES, E.L. JR., 1920, USGS BULL 71O-F, P. 212-216.

  • Deposit

    SCHMITT, HARRISON, 1954, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 322, ITEM 4; UNPUB. MATERIAL.

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 322 PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1935 MINING RECORD CLIPPING.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.

  • Deposit

    COUCH, B.F. AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NBMG BULL 38, P. 150.

  • Production

    HILL 1916

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.