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Green Hill Mines

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043841
MRDS ID M231128
Record type Site
Current site name Green Hill Mines
Alternate or previous names Don Dero, Gold Center, Butte, Renegade Gold Ledge, Eli, Cabin, Cabin No. 2, Clipper, Anita

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.41989, 39.6635 (WGS84)
Relative position ON GREEN HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Olinghouse(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 023E 20,29 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.41989, 39.6635
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Olinghouse Fault Zone

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures Related To Olinghouse Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Olinghouse (White Horse) District

Comments on the workings information

  • DEEPEST MINE WORKINGS EXTEND APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET BELOW SURFACE, GRADE OF ORE REPORTEDLY DECREASED RAPIDLY WITH DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, HF, GEOL & MIN DEP WASHOE & STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70 1969

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 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

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