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Vindicator Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037791
MRDS ID M042776
Record type Site
Current site name Vindicator Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 3170

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.78677, 38.9452 (WGS84)
Elevation 2301
Relative position ON NW FLANK OF SHERMAN PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ellsworth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 037E 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF CLINTON BAIRD PROPERTY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization Of Volcanics.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.78677, 38.9452
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ellsworth District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cominco
    First year 1980

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 106.68M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT-GLORY HOLE AND SEVERAL OLD SHALLOW SHAFTS. GLORY HOLE IS ABOUT 350 FT LONG AND 150 FT WIDE

Comments on development

  • VERY OLD WORKINGS: GLORY HOLE WOULD INDICATE SOME SMALL PAST PRODUCTION. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1986.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 10 MAY 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 99B, 1984, P. 91-94.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLE 3170 WAS CHIPPED FROM A VEIN IN AN ADIT BEARING N70W, 90 DEGREES. ADIT IS NOW PART OF A GLORY HOLE IN WHITE ARGILLIZED VOLCANICS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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