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Rock Cabin Mine

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Barium-Barite
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037443
MRDS ID M035229
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Cabin Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 3595

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.33206, 38.38742 (WGS84)
Elevation 1865
Relative position SO. GARFIELD HILLS, 4.8 MI. SO. OF MABLE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mable 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 006N 033E 08 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Diorite In Contact With Light-Tan Very Thin And Platy Interbedded Mudstone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.33206, 38.38742
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sim Ilar Veins Can Be Seen In Road Cuts Coming Up The Hill From The West.
Type of structure Local
Structure description To The West Of The Rock Cabin, Numerous Barite Veins Are Interbedded With The Remains Of Barite Float And Sediments. Float Can Be Found On The Hillsides.

Ore body information

  • Dip 45 DEGREES SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO FOOT FISSURE VEIN WITH QUARTZ STRINGERS IN A GREENISH-GRAY HIGHLY ALTERED DIORITE. ; GEOL.DESC: NO INFO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Garfield

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD SHAFTS, ADITS, PROSPECTS, AND REMNANTS OF A STONE CABIN THE WORKINGS ARE A SERIES OF SHALLOW SHAFTS AND ADITS THAT EXPLORE A N85 E DIPPING.

Comments on development

  • HISTORY:UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS,GARFIELD MINING DISTRICT,MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE VISIT SITE 4-21-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE OF THE PROSPECTS, ADJACENT TO THE CABIN, HAS A 4-6 INCH BARITE VEIN WITHIN IT.
Deposit A GOOD ROAD SOUTH FROM THE GARFIELD FLAT ROAD PROVIDES EASY ACCESS TO THE SITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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