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Rye Patch Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Tungsten
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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. 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 10042525
MRDS ID M060342
Record type Site
Current site name Rye Patch Mine
Alternate or previous names Butte, Alpha, Silver Bell Claims, NBMG Sample Site 2571, Rye Patch Silver Mine
Related records 10125132, 10295744

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.22819, 40.43072 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position NORTHSIDE OF RYE PATCH CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Congress Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 033E 25,26,35,36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • W SIDE HUMBOLDT RANGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Galena Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sphalerite Unknown

Analytical data

Result 0.01 TO 0.62% WO3SAMPLE 2571, DUMP SELECT OF PYRITIZED SHALE AND LIMESTONE WITH QUARTZ STOCKWORK AND SULFIDES CONTAINS 2 % FE, 2 % -MG, 3 % CA, 0.1 % TI, 200 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 500 PPM B, 100 P-PM BA, 30 PPM BI, 300 PPM CD, 20 PPM CR, 100 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI-, 10000 PPM PB, +10000 PPM SB, 100 PPM SR, 20 PPM V, 7000 PPM -ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.22819, 40.43072
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Two Faults

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURRED IN A BLOCK OF BRECCIATED LIMESTONE BETWEEN TWO FAULTS. DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF BUNCHES AND BRANCHING STRINGERS OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE IN LIMESTONE BOUNDED BY FISSURES AND GRADING INTO THE HOST ROCK. FIRST CLASS ORE DID NOT CONTAIN CALCITE, GALENA, OR SPHALERITE. SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN A NARROW ZONE IN ALTERED LIMESTONE UNDERLYING THE GRANODIORITE CONTACT, AS FINELY DISSEMINATED GRAINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1864

Mining district

District name Rye Patch District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fanning, John P.
    First year 1936

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM 1869-1881 VALUED AT $634,388. ANOTHER REPORTED PRODUCTION FOR 1869-1874 IS A VALUE OF $1,000,000, BY THE RYE PATCH MILLING COMPANY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 9655.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MINES ARE DEVELOPED BY 6 MILES OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS THAT WERE ENTERED THROUGH SEVERAL TUNNELS.. IN 1984, NUMEROUS ADITS, SHAFTS, TRENCHES, EXTENSIVE DUMPS, MILL FOUNDATION AND TAILS.

Comments on development

  • LOCATED IN 1864 AND WORKED ON FROM 1869 TO 1924. LATER TUNGSTEN WAS DISCOVERED ON THE PROPERTY. NO ACTIVITY IN 1984; SOME TRENCHING DONE ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO; RECENT CLAIMS (PVC PIPE) IN AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1975, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 414

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM 1C 6902

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON AND BENSON, 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA; USBM

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., 27 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

  • Production

    JOHNSON, 1977; COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943; VANDERBURG 1936

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURRED IN BLACK BRECCIATED LIMESTONE BETWEEN TWO FAULTS. DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF BUNCHES AND BRANCHING STRINGERS OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE IN LIMESTONE BOUNDED BY FISSURES AND GRADING INTO THE HOST ROCK. FIRST CLASS ORE DID NOT CONTAIN CALCITE, GALENA, OR SPHALERITE. SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN A NARROW ZONE IN ALTERED LIMESTONE UNDERLYING THE GRANODIORITE CONTACT, AS FINELY DISSEMINATED GRAINS. N - NNW-TRENDING STOCKWORK BRECCIA ZONE IN LOWER PRIDA SHALEY CARBONACEOUS LIMESTONE ABOUT 100 M FROM KOIPATO GP -CONTACT. QUARTZ-CEMENTED STOCKWORK BRECCIA WITH MULTIPLE VEINL-ETS REPLACING LIMESTONE, SOME COARSE CALCITE. BRECCIATION IN P-ART HYDROTHERMAL ALONG TECTONIC BRECCIA ZONE.; MODEL NAME COULD BE: POLYMETALLIC VEINS.
Deposit LOCATED IN 1864 AND WORKED ON FROM 1869 TO 1921. LATER TUNGSTEN WAS DISCOVERED ON THE PROPERTY. THE MINES ARE DEVELOPED BY 6 MILES OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS THAT WERE ENTERED THROUGH SEVERAL TUNNELS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-DEC-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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