| Deposit ID | 10044081 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231406 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kimberly Consolidated Mines |
| Alternate or previous names | Philadelphia Western |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.80649, 40.41547 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 20 MILES SSE OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lander(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Lewis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Crescent Valley(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 029N | 046E | 04 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Quartz Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||||
| Rock description | Quartz Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Quartzite |
| Rock description | Quartzite |
| (1) | -116.80649, 40.41547 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Roberts Mtns. Thrust At Depth |
| Strike | NW |
|---|---|
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1907 |
| Discoverer | Matt Scow |
| District name | Hilltop District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231406 |
STAGER, H. L., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88 PT II
VANDERBURG, W. O., 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO., NEV: USBM INFO CIRC 7043
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NO IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES WERE MADE HERE UNTIL 1907, WHEN MATT SCOW DISCOVERED WIRE GOLD NEAR SOME OLD WORKINGS. IN 1913, KIMBERLEY CONSOLIDATED TOOK OVER HOLDINGS OF PHILADELPHIA WESTERN MINING CO. AND WAS THE PRINCIPAL PRODUCER FOR THE DISTRICT FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HILLTOP NEVADA MINING CO. THEN TOOK IT OVER AND BUILT A 100-TON FLOTATION MILL AND POWER PLANT IN 1922 AND 1923, WHICH OPERATED ONLY A FEW MONTHS. IN 1934 IT WAS ACQUIRED BY STONE CABIN CONS. MINE CO. AND THE MILL WAS DISMANTLED AND MOVED TO DAYTON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | MATT SCOW DISCOVERED WIRE GOLD NEAR SOME OLD WORKINGS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1980 | La Pointe, D. D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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