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Success Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Geologic structures
  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 10037282
MRDS ID M031246
Record type Site
Current site name Success Mine
Related records 10174812

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.68975, 39.26577 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cleve Creek Baldy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(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
16N 65E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS AS BEDDED REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE ABOVE THIN SHALY ARGILLACEOUS BEDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Duck Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SORTED ORE WAS SAID TO AVERAGE 65 % LEAD, 40 OUNCES SILVER, AND 0.5 OUNCE GOLD PER TON, ($10 AU/TON). NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE FOR INDIVIDUAL MINE. THOSE GIVEN FOR DISTRICT

Comments on the workings information

  • THE ORE BODY IS DEVELOPED BY AN INCLINE THAT DIPS EAST AND IS 325 FT LONG, WITH LEVELS AT 110 AND 200 FT AND SOME SUBLEVEL WORK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    HILL, 1916

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.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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