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Georgine Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037529
MRDS ID M035466
Record type Site
Current site name Georgine Mine
Alternate or previous names Georgene Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.104, 38.15521 (WGS84)
Elevation 1835
Relative position NW FLANK CANDELARIA MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candelaria(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 004N 035E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • .3 MI NE OF POTOSI MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Pre-Tertiary Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.104, 38.15521
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Candelaria Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SPECIFIC INFO. NOT KNOWN, REFER TO RECORD NO. M035465

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Production years 1886 - 1889

Mining district

District name Candelaria

Comments on the production information

  • ACCORDING TO PAGE ( F1 ) MINE MAY HAVE HAD LIMITED PRODUCTION DURING THE YEARS 1905 AND 1906

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE WORKINGS. MAIN SHAFT, ADIT AND SCATTERED SURFACE WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAGE, B. M., 1959 , GEOLOGY OF THE CANDELARIA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 56

  • Deposit

    COUCH, CARPENTER, 1943 , NEVADAS METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION ( 1859 - 1940 , INCLUSIVE) UNIV. OF NEV. BULL., VOL. 37 , NO. 4

  • Production

    COUCH & CARPENTER F2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED FAULT ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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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