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Fravel Mine

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10043870
MRDS ID M231162
Record type Site
Current site name Fravel Mine
Alternate or previous names Poe Consolidated

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.90184, 39.59656 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Verdi(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Honey-Eagle Lakes(hydrologic unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 018E 13 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.90184, 39.59656
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30 TO 70E
    Dip VERT

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Host-Rock Foliation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Peavine District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN SCHISTOSE METAVOLCANICS CUT BY DIKES OF QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY. ROCKS ARE BLEACHED IN WEATHERED ZONE, GRADE DOWN INTO GREENISH PROPYLITIZED ROCKS CONTAINING ABUNDANT PYRITE. TREND OF FOLIATION IN METAVOLCANICS RANGES FROM N30E TO N70E, WITH NEAR VERTICAL DIP. ECONOMIC MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN QUARTZ-CALCITE STRINGERS WHICH PARALLEL THE FOLIATION IN THE METAVOLCANICS. VEINLETS ARE CONCENTRATED INTO LODES OR STOCKWORK-LIKE BODIES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H F, GEOL & MIN DEP OF WASHOE & STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969

  • Deposit

    OVERTON, T D, MINERAL RESOURCES, DOUGLAS, WASHOE, ORMSBY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 46, 1947

  • Deposit

    HILL, J F, USGS BULL 594, 1915

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

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