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Ely Gibraltar Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037283
MRDS ID M031247
Record type Site
Current site name Ely Gibraltar Claims
Related records 10247707

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.74114, 39.42605 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Duck Creek Valley(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

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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
18N 64E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MILES NORTH OF MCGILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Copper Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.74114, 39.42605
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Dike, Numerous Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • GALENA ASSOCIATED WITH WHITE CALCITE CRYSTALS, SURROUNDED BY SOME ANGLESITE AND CERUSSITE; ALONG A CLOSELY SPACED FISSURE SET. A FEW SMALL BODIES OF CU PITCH AND CU CARBONATE ORE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH PB MINERALS AT THE SURFACE. AU FOUND ALONG A MUCH ALTERED INTRUSIVE DIKE IN A 4 TO 6 INCH QUARTZ STREAK

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ely Gibraltar Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL LENGTH 900 FT AS OF OCT 1913

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

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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