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Arkell Mine

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Antimony, Lead, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043848
MRDS ID M231136
Record type Site
Current site name Arkell Mine
Alternate or previous names Adelphia Mining & Milling Co

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.74933, 39.56517 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vista(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 020E 28 Nevada

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Illite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.74933, 39.56517
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw & N-Trending Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wedekind District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • THE ARKELL MINE WAS FIRST INCORPORATED AS THE SOLID METALS MINING AND LEASING CO., BY EDWIN ARKELL. THE PROPERTY INCLUDED SIX CLAIMS WHICH LIE EAST OF THE WEDEKIND MINE. THE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF A 975-FOOT ADIT AND 5 SHAFTS (OVERTON, P 85)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OVERTON, T.P., MIN. RES. DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WASHOE CO, NEV., NBMG BULL 40, 1947

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 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.

External references

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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.