Bailey Day Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043983
MRDS ID M231296
Record type Site
Current site name Bailey Day Mine
Alternate or previous names Bailey Day and Angela Group
Related records 10310304

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.02872, 40.63129 (WGS84)
Elevation 1573
Relative position 5 MILES W OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snow Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 044E 21 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Tenorite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE HAS AVERAGED 0.58 OZ AU/TON
Result 1.2 OZ AG/TON AND 1.2% CU.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.02872, 40.63129

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Faults Along Contact Of Harmony And Battle Formations
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW TO W
    Dip NNE MOD.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone; Favorable Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1934

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 97.54M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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