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Silver Guardian Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037594
MRDS ID M035588
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Guardian Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.07677, 38.51159 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Relative position APPROX. 5.8 MI. EAST OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunrise Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 035E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.07677, 38.51159
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Along Extension Of Northwardly Trending Fault Of Which Neversweat And Vacation Deposits Occur

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs In The Fault Plane And Accompanying Small Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Santa Fe

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, C. W., 1922 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., UNIV. OF CALIF. PUB., VOL. 14 , NO. 1

  • Deposit

    COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943 , NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION, ( 1859 - 1940 INCLUSIVE ), UNIV. OF NEV. BULL. 27 , NO. 4

  • Production

    F (2)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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