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Gilligan Vein

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037268
MRDS ID M031230
Record type Site
Current site name Gilligan Vein
Related records 10222799

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.92865, 39.86687 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Egan 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
24N 63E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SIDE OF EGAN CANYON NEAR ITS WESTERN END

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

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 Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.92865, 39.86687
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 65-68N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN RANGES FROM 2-8 FEET THICK. HANGING WALL WELL DEFINED. THIN COATINGS OF PB AND CU CARBONATES ARE SEEN ON THE JOINTS. HORN SILVER WAS THE MOST VALUABLE MINERAL, GALENA MOST ABUNDANT NOW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cherry Creek (Egan Canyon)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 365.76M
    Overall depth 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH OF WORKINGS IS OF DRAINAGE TUNNEL, SEVERAL MORE TUNNELS MAY EXIST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR., AND SMITH, R.M., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) 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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