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New York Mine

Past Producer in Storey county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043931
MRDS ID M231236
Record type Site
Current site name New York Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.65517, 39.28046 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Storey(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virginia City(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 Storey

Commodities

Commodity Importance
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
    Rock unit name Alta Andesite
    Rock description Alta Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.65517, 39.28046
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Silver City Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to bottom 10M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Comstock Lode

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS TOPOGRAPHIC SHEET VIRGINIA CITY NEVADA 1:24000

  • Deposit

    STODDARD CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A. 1950, MINERAL PRESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 49

  • Production

    STODDARD. C., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 28,000 TONS OF GOLD ORE AT $10/TON WERE PRODUCED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd 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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