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Rapidan

Past Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043885
MRDS ID M231179
Record type Site
Current site name Rapidan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.48738, 39.17101 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Como(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 022E 14 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.48738, 39.17101
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Como District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN PRODUCED CONSIDERABLE PART OF THE TONNAGE MINED IN 1918-20 AND OVER 9000 TONS OF 1935 PRODUCTION. RAPIDAN VEIN STRIKES AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE COMO, IS REACHED BY A LONG BRANCH OF THE BOYLE TUNNEL. RAPIDAN IS THOROUGHLY OXIDIZED DOWN TO A POINT 170 FEET BELOW THE BOYLE TUNNEL VEIN ON BOYLE LEVEL FOUND TO CONSIST MAINLY OF CLAY WITH A SPRINKLING OF QUARTZ LENSES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARLISLE, H.C., REPORT ON PROPERTY OF COMO MINES CO., JULY 18, 1936, UNPUB, REPORT, ITEM 3, FILE 181 NBMG

  • Deposit

    STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEV. (1950) NBMG BULL 49

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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