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Tilford

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037263
MRDS ID M031225
Record type Site
Current site name Tilford
Alternate or previous names Anna Lee
Related records 10296549

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.25168, 39.20383 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sacramento Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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
Mount Diablo 16N 069E 31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN SILVER CREEK CANYON ABOUT 0.5 MILE DOWNSTREAM FROM CONFLUENCE OF LEFT FORK AND MAIN FORK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM MINE ASSAYED UP TO 0.2 OZ/T AG
Result TR AU
Result 2.28% ZN (1983)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pole Canyon Limestone ;Lincoln Peak
    Rock description Pole Canyon Limestone ;Lincoln Peak

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.25168, 39.20383
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures And Small N-Ne-Striking Faults In Mine Workings

Comments on the geologic information

  • NARROW CALCITE VEIN WITH FE AND CU STAINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Black Horse

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • CONSISTS OF AT LEAST A STOPE AND WINZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, CLARK & SMITH, 1976 GEO AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO. NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEO BULL 85

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 50-83.

  • Deposit

    HOSE,R.K., 1987, USGS MAP MF-1244-A.

  • Production

    HOSE ET AL, 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW CALCITE VEIN

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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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