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Birdsong Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037464
MRDS ID M035331
Record type Site
Current site name Birdsong Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.37039, 38.28132 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position NORTH FLANK EXCELSIOR MTNS. 16 MI. SW OF MINA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moho 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 005N 032E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SHAFT AND TWO ADITS, 1 MI. SW OF ENDOWMENT MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.37039, 38.28132
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Striking N 28 E And Dipping 50 E Cuts Vein

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 60 W
    Dip 80 SW
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs In Vein Which Cut Qtzite Beds At An Acute Angle

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Star

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AG ORE WAS REPORTED TO RUN 80 OZ/TON AG. PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE ESTIMATES, TOTAL PRODUCTION IS NOT KNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT DRIFT TUNNEL AND 50 FT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, 1915 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF. AND NW NEV., USGS., BULL 594

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    HILL ( F - 1 )

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) 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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