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Southern Pacific Lease

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044085
MRDS ID M231411
Record type Site
Current site name Southern Pacific Lease

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.81622, 40.44851 (WGS84)
Elevation 1817
Relative position 20 MI. SSE 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

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 046E 29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • W SIDE CRUM CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quarte Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Quarte Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Chert
    Rock description Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.81622, 40.44851
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roberts Mtns. Thrust At Depth

Ore body information

  • Strike N25W
    Dip 30W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN 2-3 FT. WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hilltop District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY OPEN PIT DURING WAR YEARS 1942-45

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88 PT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A VEIN 2-3 FT WIDE
Deposit DEVELOPED BY OPEN PIT DURING WAR YEARS 1942-45 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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