Atom - Lorna Mine Rim Rock Claims

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Iron, Bismuth
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037439
MRDS ID M035209
Record type Site
Current site name Atom - Lorna Mine Rim Rock Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 3611

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.22901, 38.4777 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position NW BLACK DYKE MTN., 3 MI SW OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Dyke Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 034E 07 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • .7 MI. W OF BLUE RIBBON MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Iron Secondary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Felsite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.22901, 38.4777

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 55 DEGREES N

Comments on the geologic information

  • A MAJOR SHEAR WITH QUARTZ VEIN IN ALTERED LIMESTONE NEAR CONTACT WITH FELSITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santa Fe

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. O. And H. C. Gilbert, Percy Coleman
    Home office Box #1978 , Luning, Nev. And Later W.N. Boxinow

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT AND CONSIDERABLE WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, SANTE FE MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 4-8-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED DISTRICT MINING FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ESTIMATE LOCATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1989 Shawe, D.R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.