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Cory Mine ?

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Molybdenum
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037634
MRDS ID M035776
Record type Site
Current site name Cory Mine ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.77207, 38.47325 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 8 MI SW OF HAWTHORNE IN WASSUK RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corey Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 007N 029E 08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.77207, 38.47325
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: POSSIBLE MO OCCURENCE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Grant

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sam Kelso
    Home office Hawthorne, Nv.
    First year 1937

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL TUNNELS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W. O., 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL CO., NEV. USBM, INFORMATIONAL CIRCULAR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN
Deposit GROUP OF SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS. IN THE 1870'S, A SMALL MILL WAS OPERATED AT THE MOUTH OF COREY CANYON ON ORE FROM THIS MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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