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Easter Mine

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  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 10037371
MRDS ID M032070
Record type Site
Current site name Easter Mine
Alternate or previous names Lucky
Related records 10125765

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.36778, 38.37939 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position To Within 300 M

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 06N 68E 20 SW OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 7 MILES SW OF ATLANTA ON WEST FLANK OF WILSON CREEK RANGE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 5-23% PB, 5 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.36778, 38.37939
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip VERTICAL

Comments on the geologic information

  • THREE NEARLY VERTICLE VEINS, 2 ARE 6 INCHES TO 1 FOOT WIDE, ONE IS UP TO 5 INCHES WIDE AND CAN BE TRACED FOR 400 FEET. THE 3RD VEIN CONTAINS THE MAIN ORE MINERAL, THE FIRST TWO CONTAINING ONLY PYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Atlanta District; Silver Park District; Silver Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV BUR MINES BULL 73

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-80 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-85 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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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