Noble Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042463
MRDS ID M060267
Record type Site
Current site name Noble Mine
Related records 10174879, 10198246

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.56571, 40.70128 (WGS84)
Relative position ON NW TRENDING SPUR OF ANTELOPE RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scossa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 030E 26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 OF SECTION; 3/4 MI NW OF NEVADA SUPERIOR MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Auld Lang Syne Group
    Rock description Auld Lang Syne Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.56571, 40.70128

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • 4 FT. INCH WIDE QUARTZ VEIN ALONG SHEAR ZONE IN SLATE AND QUARTZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Year of first production 1904

Mining district

District name Antelope District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • $5000 WORTH OF AG SHIPPED PRIOR TO 1904; 9 TONS OF $890. IN AG AND PB SHIPPED LATER THAN 1904

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, 1 DRIFT

Comments on development

  • FIRST MINE DEVELOPED IN THE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING CO., NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH, SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1951961, V.1: SAN FRANCISCO SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., P. 27

  • Production

    JOHNSON, MG., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE NOBLE MINE IS LOCATED ALONG THE SAME NORTHWEST-TRENDING SHEAR ZONE AS THE NEVADA SUPERIOR MINE. IT'S A SMALL MINE DEVELOPED BY TWO SHAFTS AND A DRIFT. FIRST MINE DEVELOPED IN THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.